Comparable Interface

[Yelrubk]

Comparable Interface In Java?

public class CD implements Comparable 
{
private String title, artist;
private double cost;
private int tracks;

//--------------------------------------…
// Creates a new CD with the specified information.
//--------------------------------------…
public CD (String name, String singer, double price, int numTracks)
{
title = name;
artist = singer;
cost = price;
tracks = numTracks;
}

//--------------------------------------…
// Returns a string description of this CD.
//--------------------------------------…
public String toString()
{
NumberFormat fmt = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();

String description;

description = fmt.format(cost) + "\t" + tracks + "\t";
description += title + "\t" + artist;

return description;
}

public int compareTo(Object o) 
{ 
CD other = (CD) o; 
int result = (this.title.compareTo(other.title) 
if (result == 0) 
{ 
result = (this.artist.compareTo(other.artist);
}
return result; 
}

Public class CDCollection
{
   private CD[] collection;
   private int count;
   private double totalCost;

   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Constructor: Creates an initially empty collection.
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public CDCollection ()
   {
      collection = new CD[100];
      count = 0;
      totalCost = 0.0;
   }

   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Adds a CD to the collection, increasing the size of the
   //  collection if necessary.
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public void addCD (String title, String artist, double cost,
                      int tracks)
   {
      if (count == collection.length)
         increaseSize();

      collection[count] = new CD (title, artist, cost, tracks);
      totalCost += cost;
      count++;
   }

   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Returns a report describing the CD collection.
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   public String toString()
   {
      NumberFormat fmt = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();

      String report = "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n";
      report += "My CD Collection\n\n";

      report += "Number of CDs: " + count + "\n";
      report += "Total cost: " + fmt.format(totalCost) + "\n";
      report += "Average cost: " + fmt.format(totalCost/count);

      report += "\n\nCD List:\n\n";

      for (int cd = 0; cd < count; cd++)
         report += collection[cd].toString() + "\n";

      return report;
   }

   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   //  Increases the capacity of the collection by creating a
   //  larger array and copying the existing collection into it.
   //-----------------------------------------------------------------
   private void increaseSize ()
   {
      CD[] temp = new CD[collection.length * 2];

      for (int cd = 0; cd < collection.length; cd++)
         temp[cd] = collection[cd];

      collection = temp;
   }
}

The problem is that I am adding a method from CD to another class COLLECTIONS using the compareTo from this method and I can't figure out. Here are the specs:

Add a findCD() method
It has two input parameters: title and artist.
This method returns the CD object that matches the title and artist.
It returns a null if no match is found.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Tolls]

What does that have to do with compareTo?
Surely you just want an equals method?

[j2me64]

What does that have to do with compareTo?
Surely you just want an equals method?

if you want to sort objects in arrays then you have to override the compareTo method.

[Tolls]

Except, if you read the post, they're looking to find something in the array based on name and title. That's an equals(), not a compareTo().