StringEncoderComparator (Apache Commons Codec 1.15 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.commons.codec.StringEncoderComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator
```
public class StringEncoderComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator
```
Compares Strings using a StringEncoder. This comparator is used to sort Strings by an encoding scheme such as Soundex, Metaphone, etc. This class can come in handy if one need to sort Strings by an encoded form of a name such as Soundex.
This class is immutable and thread-safe.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`StringEncoderComparator()`	Deprecated. Creating an instance without a `StringEncoder` leads to a `NullPointerException`.
`StringEncoderComparator(StringEncoder stringEncoder)`	Constructs a new instance with the given algorithm.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`compare(java.lang.Object o1, java.lang.Object o2)`	Compares two strings based not on the strings themselves, but on an encoding of the two strings using the StringEncoder this Comparator was created with.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator
equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

- Constructor Detail
  - StringEncoderComparator
```
@Deprecated
public StringEncoderComparator()
```
    Deprecated.
    Creating an instance without a StringEncoder leads to a NullPointerException. Will be removed in 2.0.
    
    Constructs a new instance.
  - StringEncoderComparator
```
public StringEncoderComparator(StringEncoder stringEncoder)
```
    Constructs a new instance with the given algorithm.
    
    Parameters:
    
    stringEncoder - the StringEncoder used for comparisons.
- Method Detail
  - compare
```
public int compare(java.lang.Object o1,
                   java.lang.Object o2)
```
    Compares two strings based not on the strings themselves, but on an encoding of the two strings using the StringEncoder this Comparator was created with. If an EncoderException is encountered, return 0.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compare in interface java.util.Comparator
    
    Parameters:
    
    o1 - the object to compare
    
    o2 - the object to compare to
    
    Returns:
    
    the Comparable.compareTo() return code or 0 if an encoding error was caught.
    
    See Also:
    
    Comparable