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Interface rebelsky.util.Comparable

public interface Comparable

Version:

1.0 of February 1998

Author:

Samuel A. Rebelsky

Method Index

o lessThan(Comparable)

Determine whether the current object is less than the parameter.

Methods

 public abstract boolean lessThan(Comparable other) throws IncomparableException

Determine whether the current object is less than the parameter.
pre: The other object is of a "reasonable" class (one we can reasonably expect to compare to the current object).
post: Returns true if the current object (this) is less than the the parameter (other). Returns false if the current object is equal to or greater than the other object.

Throws: IncomparableException

When the other object cannot reasonably be compared in this manner.

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