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# Interface Supporting.Comparable

public interface Comparable

Protocol for Comparable objects.

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compares(Comparable)
  Compare this object with rhs.
lessThan(Comparable)
  Compare this object with rhs.

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compares

    public abstract int compares(Comparable rhs)

  Compare this object with rhs.

  Parameters:
    Rhs - the second Comparable.
  Returns:
    0 if two objects are equal; less than zero if this object is smaller; greater than zero if this object is larger.

lessThan

    public abstract boolean lessThan(Comparable rhs)

  Compare this object with rhs.

  Parameters:
    Rhs - the second Comparable.
  Returns:
    true if this object is smaller; false otherwise.

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