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Interface structure.Comparable

public interface Comparable
An interface that describes objects that can be compared. For some structures, it is important that the less than method provide a consistent result; if a is lessThan b, then b should not be lessThan a.

Method Index

o lessThan(Comparable)
A routine to determine one value is less than another.

Methods

o lessThan 
 public abstract boolean lessThan(Comparable item)
A routine to determine one value is less than another.

Precondition:
item is non-null
Postcondition:
returns true iff this object less than item

Parameters:
item - The value to be compared to this. 
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