package username.textanalysis;

import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * Something that knows how to compare strings alphabetically.
 * Intended primarily for using (or testing) binary search trees.
 *
 * @author Samuel A. Rebelsky
 * @version 1.2 of April 2006
 */
public class CompareStringsAlphabetically
  implements Comparator<String>
{
  public int compare(String a, String b)
  {
    // The built-in String.compareToIgnoreCase operation does alphabetical
    // comparison (and ignores case, to boot).
    return a.compareToIgnoreCase(b);
  } // compare(String, String)
} // class CompareStringsAlphabetically