y.util
Interface Comparators.PartialOrder

All Known Implementing Classes:

NodeOrderComparator, SwimLaneDescriptor, XCoordComparator

Enclosing class:

Comparators

public static interface Comparators.PartialOrder

Tag interface to mark Comparator or comparable implementations that do not define a total order but only a partial order. Implementations tagged with this interface use a special sorting algorithm that is behavior-compatible with the pre-Java-7 sorting algorithms in the sense that it does not throw IllegalArgumentException if the specified Comparator used for sorting does not define a total order.

See Also:

Comparators.sort(Object[], java.util.Comparator), Comparators.sort(java.util.List, java.util.Comparator), Comparators.sort(Object[], int, int, java.util.Comparator)