casa::BaseCompare Class Reference

abstract base class for comparing two objects More...

#include <Compare.h>

Inheritance diagram for casa::BaseCompare:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
virtual	~BaseCompare ()
virtual int	comp (const void *obj1, const void *obj2) const =0
	Compare two objects, and return.
virtual DataType	dataType () const
	Get the data type of the comparison.

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Detailed Description

abstract base class for comparing two objects

Intended use:

Public interface

Review Status

Reviewed By:

Friso Olnon

Date Reviewed:

1995/02/24

Synopsis

The abstract class BaseCompare<T> is used for comparisons in sorting or iterating. One can derive a concrete comparison class from it.

Definition at line 64 of file Compare.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual casa::BaseCompare::~BaseCompare

(

)

[inline, virtual]

Definition at line 67 of file Compare.h.

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Member Function Documentation

virtual int casa::BaseCompare::comp	(	const void *	obj1,
		const void *	obj2
	)		const [pure virtual]

Compare two objects, and return.

• -1 if obj1 < obj2;
• 0 if obj1 == obj2;
• 1 otherwise.

Implemented in casa::ObjCompare< T >, and casa::MSInterval.

virtual DataType casa::BaseCompare::dataType

(

)

const [inline, virtual]

Get the data type of the comparison.

By default it returns TpOther.

Reimplemented in casa::ObjCompare< T >.

Definition at line 79 of file Compare.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• casacore/casa/Utilities/Compare.h