org.springframework.rules.closure
Class Minimum

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.core.closure.support.AlgorithmsAccessor
      org.springframework.core.closure.support.AbstractClosure
          org.springframework.rules.closure.AbstractBinaryClosure
              org.springframework.rules.closure.Minimum

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Closure, BinaryClosure

public class Minimum
extends AbstractBinaryClosure

Returns the maximum of two Comparable objects; with nulls regarded a being less than non null.

Author:

Keith Donald

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Minimum()

Method Summary

Object	call(Object comparable1, Object comparable2) Return the minimum of two Comparable objects.
static BinaryClosure	instance() Returns the shared instance--this is possible as the default functor for this class is immutable and stateless.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.rules.closure.AbstractBinaryClosure

call

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.core.closure.support.AbstractClosure

forEach, forEach

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.core.closure.support.AlgorithmsAccessor

allTrue, allTrue, anyTrue, anyTrue, findAll, findAll, findFirst, findFirst, forEach, forEach, getAlgorithms

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Minimum

public Minimum()

Method Detail

instance

public static final BinaryClosure instance()

Returns the shared instance--this is possible as the default functor for this class is immutable and stateless.

Returns:

the shared instance

call

public Object call(Object comparable1,
                   Object comparable2)

Return the minimum of two Comparable objects.

Parameters:

comparable1 - the first comparable

comparable2 - the second comparable

Returns:

the minimum

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object