Interface Ordered<T>

Type Parameters:
T - the element type
All Known Subinterfaces:
BitSet<T>, SortedMap<K,V>, SortedMultimap<K,V>, SortedSet<T>
All Known Implementing Classes:
BitSetModule.AbstractBitSet, BitSetModule.BitSet1, BitSetModule.BitSet2, BitSetModule.BitSetN, PriorityQueue, TreeMap, TreeMultimap, TreeSet
public interface Ordered<T>
A collection whose elements are arranged according to a well-defined order. Implementations expose the Comparator used to determine that order.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Comparator<T>
    comparator()
    Returns the comparator that governs the ordering of elements in this collection.

  • Method Details

    • comparator

      Comparator<T> comparator()
      Returns the comparator that governs the ordering of elements in this collection. The returned comparator must be consistent with the collection's iteration order.
      Returns:
      the comparator defining the element order