comparables.java

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/*	Comparables.java

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	Purpose:
	Description:
	History:
		2001/11/23, Henri Chen: Created.

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Copyright (C) 2001 Potix Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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	This program is distributed under GPL Version 2.0 in the hope that
	it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
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*/

package org.zkoss.lang;

/**
 * Utilities regarding Comparable type objects.
 *
 * @author henrichen
 */
public final class Comparables {
	/**
	 * Given two comparables, return the minimum of the two.
	 * Note that the two Comparable must be with compatible type, or a
	 * ClassCastException might be thrown.
	 */
	public static final Comparable min(Comparable a, Comparable b) {
		return  (a.compareTo(b) < 0) ? a : b;
	}

	/**
	 * Given two comparables, return the maximum of the two.
	 * Note that the two Comparable must be with compatible type, or a
	 * ClassCastException might be thrown.
	 */
	public static final Comparable max(Comparable a, Comparable b) {
		return  (a.compareTo(b) < 0) ? b : a;
	}
}