source: branches/Persistence Test/HeuristicLab.Operators/3.2/LessThanComparator.cs @ 2491

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Data;

namespace HeuristicLab.Operators {
  /// <summary>
  /// Operator to check whether an item is less than another one.
  /// </summary>
  public class LessThanComparator : ComparatorBase {
    /// <inheritdoc select="summary"/>
    public override string Description {
      get { return @"TODO\r\nOperator description still missing ..."; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="LessThanComparator"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public LessThanComparator()
      : base() {
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Checks whether the <paramref name="left"/> item is less than the <paramref name="right"/>.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="left">The left side of the comparison.</param>
    /// <param name="right">The right side of the comparison.</param>
    /// <returns><c>true</c> if the <paramref name="left"/> item is less than the 
    /// <paramref name="right"/>, <c>false</c> otherwise.</returns>
    protected override bool Compare(IComparable left, IItem right) {
      return left.CompareTo(right) < 0;
    }
  }
}