[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-291?page=comments#action_12445736 ] Henri Yandell commented on LANG-291: ------------------------------------
It seems to me that these are more specific cases of Comparable.compareTo. Rather than the above we could have: ObjectUtils.lesser(Comparable c1, Comparable c2) ObjectUtils.greater(Comparable c1, Comparable c2) ObjectUtils.compareTo(Comparable c1, Comparable c2) [see: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-commons-user/200602.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] What do you think? > Null-safe comparison methods for finding most recent / least recent dates. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: LANG-291 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-291 > Project: Commons Lang > Issue Type: Improvement > Environment: N/A > Reporter: David J. M. Karlsen > Attachments: DateUtils-patch-rev468924.txt > > > /** > * <p> > * Null-safe date comparison. > * Returnes the most recent date if date1 and date2 is non-null. > * If one of the dates are null, the non-null will be returned. > * If both are null, null will be returned. > * </p> > * @param date1 > * @param date2 > * @return > */ > public static Date mostRecent( Date date1, Date date2 ) > /** > * <p> > * Null-safe date comparison. > * Returnes the least recent (oldest) date if date1 and date2 is > non-null. > * If one of the dates are null, the non-null will be returned. > * If both are null, null will be returned. > * </p> > * @param date1 > * @param date2 > * @return > */ > public static Date leastRecent( Date date1, Date date2 ) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
