TransformingComparator (The Adobe AEM Quickstart and Web Application. 6.6.0)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.commons.collections.comparators.TransformingComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator
```
public class TransformingComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator
```
Decorates another Comparator with transformation behavior. That is, the return value from the transform operation will be passed to the decorated compare method.

Since:

Commons Collections 2.0 (?)

See Also:

Transformer, ComparableComparator

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`TransformingComparator(Transformer transformer)`	Constructs an instance with the given Transformer and a `ComparableComparator`.
`TransformingComparator(Transformer transformer, java.util.Comparator decorated)`	Constructs an instance with the given Transformer and Comparator.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`compare(java.lang.Object obj1, java.lang.Object obj2)`	Returns the result of comparing the values from the transform operation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator
equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

- Constructor Detail
  - TransformingComparator
```
public TransformingComparator(Transformer transformer)
```
    Constructs an instance with the given Transformer and a ComparableComparator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    transformer - what will transform the arguments to compare
  - TransformingComparator
```
public TransformingComparator(Transformer transformer,
                              java.util.Comparator decorated)
```
    Constructs an instance with the given Transformer and Comparator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    transformer - what will transform the arguments to compare
    
    decorated - the decorated Comparator
- Method Detail
  - compare
```
public int compare(java.lang.Object obj1,
                   java.lang.Object obj2)
```
    Returns the result of comparing the values from the transform operation.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compare in interface java.util.Comparator
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj1 - the first object to transform then compare
    
    obj2 - the second object to transform then compare
    
    Returns:
    
    negative if obj1 is less, positive if greater, zero if equal