Opus5
Interface OrderedList

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable, Container, SearchableContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:

OrderedListAsLinkedList, OrderedListAsArray

public interface OrderedList

extends SearchableContainer

Encapsulates methods common to all ordered lists. An ordered list is a list in which the positions of objects is significant. However, the objects in an ordered list are not necessarily sorted.

Version:

$Id: OrderedList.java,v 3.2 1998/07/29 14:44:13 brpreiss Exp $

Author:

Bruno R. Preiss, P.Eng.

See Also:

SortedList

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

copyright

Method Summary

Cursor	findPosition(Comparable object) Returns the position in this list of the specified object.
Comparable	get(int i) Returns the object found at the specified position in this list.

Methods inherited from interface Opus5.SearchableContainer

find, insert, isMember, withdraw

Methods inherited from interface Opus5.Container

accept, getCount, getEnumeration, isEmpty, isFull, purge

Methods inherited from interface Opus5.Comparable

compare, isEQ, isGE, isGT, isLE, isLT, isNE

Field Detail

copyright

public static final java.lang.String copyright

Method Detail

get

public Comparable get(int i)

Returns the object found at the specified position in this list.

Parameters:

i - The position of the object in this list.

Returns:

The object in this list at the specified position.

findPosition

public Cursor findPosition(Comparable object)

Returns the position in this list of the specified object.

Parameters:

object - The object the position of which is to be found.

Returns:

A cursor that represents the position of the object.

See Also:

Cursor