//: c08:newcollections:AlphaComp.java
// From Thinking in Java, 2nd Edition
// Available at http://www.BruceEckel.com
// (c) Bruce Eckel 1999
// Copyright notice in Copyright.txt
// Using Comparator to perform an alphabetic sort
package c08.newcollections;
import java.util.*;

public class AlphaComp implements Comparator {
  public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
    // Assume it's used only for Strings...
    String s1 = ((String)o1).toLowerCase();
    String s2 = ((String)o2).toLowerCase();
    return s1.compareTo(s2);
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    String[] s = Array1.randStrings(4, 10);
    Array1.print(s);
    AlphaComp ac = new AlphaComp();
    Arrays.sort(s, ac);
    Array1.print(s);
    // Must use the Comparator to search, also:
    int loc = Arrays.binarySearch(s, s[3], ac);
    System.out.println("Location of " + s[3] +
     " = " + loc);
  }
} ///:~