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Commons IO example source code file (LastModifiedFileComparator.java)

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abstractfilecomparator, abstractfilecomparator, comparator, comparator, file, io, lastmodified_comparator, lastmodified_comparator, lastmodified_reverse, lastmodifiedfilecomparator, lastmodifiedfilecomparator, reversecomparator, serializable, util

The Commons IO LastModifiedFileComparator.java source code

/*
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package org.apache.commons.io.comparator;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * Compare the <b>last modified date/time of two files for order 
 * (see {@link File#lastModified()}).
 * <p>
 * This comparator can be used to sort lists or arrays of files
 * by their last modified date/time.
 * <p>
 * Example of sorting a list of files using the
 * {@link #LASTMODIFIED_COMPARATOR} singleton instance:
 * <pre>
 *       List<File> list = ...
 *       LastModifiedFileComparator.LASTMODIFIED_COMPARATOR.sort(list);
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 * Example of doing a <i>reverse sort of an array of files using the
 * {@link #LASTMODIFIED_REVERSE} singleton instance:
 * <pre>
 *       File[] array = ...
 *       LastModifiedFileComparator.LASTMODIFIED_REVERSE.sort(array);
 * </pre>
 * <p>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 721626 $ $Date: 2008-11-29 04:46:54 +0000 (Sat, 29 Nov 2008) $
 * @since Commons IO 1.4
 */
public class LastModifiedFileComparator extends AbstractFileComparator implements Serializable {

    /** Last modified comparator instance */
    public static final Comparator<File> LASTMODIFIED_COMPARATOR = new LastModifiedFileComparator();

    /** Reverse last modified comparator instance */
    public static final Comparator<File> LASTMODIFIED_REVERSE = new ReverseComparator(LASTMODIFIED_COMPARATOR);

    /**
     * Compare the last the last modified date/time of two files.
     * 
     * @param file1 The first file to compare
     * @param file2 The second file to compare
     * @return a negative value if the first file's lastmodified date/time
     * is less than the second, zero if the lastmodified date/time are the
     * same and a positive value if the first files lastmodified date/time
     * is greater than the second file.
     * 
     */
    public int compare(File file1, File file2) {
        long result = file1.lastModified() - file2.lastModified();
        if (result < 0) {
            return -1;
        } else if (result > 0) {
            return 1;
        } else {
            return 0;
        }
    }
}

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