package rebelsky.hw20;

/**
 * Things like strings that compare to arbitrary other objects by
 * first converting them to strings.
 *
 * @author Samuel A. Rebelsky
 * @version 1.0 of September 2004
 */
public class GeneralString
	implements Comparable
{
	String str;

	public GeneralString(String original)
	{
		this.str = original;
	} // GeneralString

	/**
	 * Compare to other objects by converting them to strings.
	 */
	public int compareTo(Object other)
	{
		return this.str.compareTo(other.toString());
	} // compareTo(String)

	/**
	 * Convert to a string.
	 */
	public String toString()
	{
		return str;
	} // toString()
} // GeneralString