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Can anyone explain how does the following codes works?
public int compareTo(Object o) {
if (o instanceof Item) {
return date1.compareTo( ((Item) o).getDate2());
}
return -1;
}
It check that object o is an item, then compares them, the compare to function returns the values, -1, 0 and 1.
If it returns a value of 0 it means the objects are the same, if it return -1 or 1 it is saying that they are not the same.
The return at the end is the default catch, so if object o is not of that item type return no match.