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package org.apache.pig; | |
import java.io.IOException; | |
import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparable; | |
import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparator; | |
import org.apache.pig.data.Tuple; | |
public abstract class ComparisonFunc extends WritableComparator { | |
public ComparisonFunc() { | |
super(Tuple.class, true); | |
} | |
public int compare(WritableComparable a, WritableComparable b) { | |
return compare((Tuple)a, (Tuple)b); | |
} | |
/** | |
* This callback method must be implemented by all subclasses. Compares | |
* its two arguments for order. Returns a negative integer, zero, or a | |
* positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or | |
* greater than the second. The order of elements of the tuples correspond | |
* to the fields specified in the order by clause. | |
* Same semantics as {@link java.util.Comparator}. | |
* | |
* @param t1 the first Tuple to be compared. | |
* @param t2 the second Tuple to be compared. | |
* @throws IOException | |
* @see java.util.Comparator | |
*/ | |
abstract public int compare(Tuple t1, Tuple t2); | |
} |