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* Fork of MDB Tools (Java port).
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*/
package mdbtools.dbengine;
/**
* Compare the values from a column in two rows
*/
public class ColumnComparator
{
/*
public static int compare(Object c1,Object c2)
{
if (c1 instanceof Comparable == false || c2 )
throw new SQLException("argument to max must implement comparable");
if (c1 instanceof String)
{
String s1 = (String)c1;
String s2 = (String)c2;
return s1.compareTo(s2);
}
else if (c1 instanceof Integer)
{
Integer i1 = (Integer)c1;
Integer i2 = (Integer)c2;
if (i1.intValue() == i2.intValue())
return 0;
else if (i1.intValue() < i2.intValue())
return -1;
else
return 1; // i1 > i2
}
else
throw new RuntimeException("unknown column type: " + c1.getClass().getName());
}
*/
}