AlphaNumericKeyComparator (Apache JMeter dist API)
Description: declaration: package: org.apache.jorphan.util, class: AlphaNumericKeyComparator

Package org.apache.jorphan.util

# Class AlphaNumericKeyComparator

java.lang.Object
org.apache.jorphan.util.AlphaNumericKeyComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Comparator<Map.Entry<Object,Object>>`

public class AlphaNumericKeyComparator extends Object implements Comparator<Map.Entry<Object,Object>>
Comparator for `Map.Entry` Objects, that compares based on their keys only. The keys will be compared in a human readable fashion by trying to parse numbers that appear in the keys as integers and compare those, too.

Heavily influenced by https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/37192/number-aware-string-sorting-with-comparator

- ## Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `static final AlphaNumericKeyComparator`
  `INSTANCE`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `int`
  `compare(Map.Entry<Object,Object> o1, Map.Entry<Object,Object> o2)`

  ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

  ### Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

  `equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong`

- ## Field Details

  - ### INSTANCE

    public static final AlphaNumericKeyComparator INSTANCE

- ## Method Details

  - ### compare

    public int compare(Map.Entry<Object,Object> o1, Map.Entry<Object,Object> o2)
    Specified by:
      `compare` in interface `Comparator<Map.Entry<Object,Object>>`