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/*
   This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed.
   (http://horstmann.com/corejava)
    
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.
    
   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.
    
   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

import java.util.*;

/**
 * This program demonstrates the use of the Comparable interface.
 * @version 1.30 2004-02-27
 * @author Cay Horstmann
 */
public class EmployeeSortTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Employee[] staff = new Employee[3];

        staff[0] = new Employee("Harry Hacker", 35000);
        staff[1] = new Employee("Carl Cracker", 75000);
        staff[2] = new Employee("Tony Tester", 38000);

        Arrays.sort(staff);

        // print out information about all Employee objects
        for (Employee e : staff)
            System.out.println("name=" + e.getName() + ",salary=" + e.getSalary());
    }
}

class Employee implements Comparable<Employee> {
    public Employee(String n, double s) {
        name = n;
        salary = s;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public double getSalary() {
        return salary;
    }

    public void raiseSalary(double byPercent) {
        double raise = salary * byPercent / 100;
        salary += raise;
    }

    /**
     * Compares employees by salary
     * @param other another Employee object
     * @return a negative value if this employee has a lower salary than
     * otherObject, 0 if the salaries are the same, a positive value otherwise
     */
    public int compareTo(Employee other) {
        if (salary < other.salary)
            return -1;
        if (salary > other.salary)
            return 1;
        return 0;
    }

    private String name;
    private double salary;
}