/* * $Id: StringCompare.java,v 1.22 2002/07/09 10:41:40 blowagie Exp $ * $Name:  $ * * Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Bruno Lowagie. * Copyright (c) 2000 Volker Richert * * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ * * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License. * * The Original Code is 'iText, a free JAVA-PDF library'. * * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Bruno Lowagie. Portions created by * the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Bruno Lowagie. * All Rights Reserved. * Co-Developer of the code is Paulo Soares. Portions created by the Co-Developer * are Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 by Paulo Soares. All Rights Reserved. * * Contributor(s): all the names of the contributors are added in the source code * where applicable. * * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of the * LGPL license (the "GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE"), in which case the * provisions of LGPL are applicable instead of those above.  If you wish to * allow use of your version of this file only under the terms of the LGPL * License and not to allow others to use your version of this file under * the MPL, indicate your decision by deleting the provisions above and * replace them with the notice and other provisions required by the LGPL. * If you do not delete the provisions above, a recipient may use your version * of this file under either the MPL or the GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the MPL as stated above or under the terms of the GNU * Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; * either version 2 of the License, or any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library general Public License for more * details. * * If you didn't download this code from the following link, you should check if * you aren't using an obsolete version: * http://www.lowagie.com/iText/ */package com.lowagie.text;import java.util.Comparator;/** * This class was used in the 1.1-version of iText (by Volker Richert). * Paulo Soares suggested I should add it to the original library, so * that in the future it would be easier to port it to the JDK1.1.x. */public class StringCompare implements Comparator {    /** * Compares 2 objects. * * @param   o1  a first object * @param   o2  a second object * @return  a value * @throws  ClassCastException  if the objects aren't Strings */        public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {        return compare((String)o1, (String)o2);    }    /** * Compares 2 strings. * * @param   s1  a first string * @param   s2  a second string * @return  a value */        public int compare(String s1, String s2) {        return s1.compareTo(s2);    }    /** * We need this function if we want to implement the Comparable interface, but we don't use this method. * * @return  always true */        public boolean equals(Object o) {        return true;    }}