JAVA

JAVA

Sortable.java

public interface Sortable{

/** * Return the max possible numeric value of a single digit in decimal * @return the max possible numeric value of a single digit in decimal */ public int maxNum();

/** * Convert and return the value at specified position as a decimal * If padded, use the padded digits for conversion * @param pos integer position; rightmost position is 0 * @return corresponding numeric value (in decimal) from position pos */ public int posToNum(int pos);

/** * Return the non-padded string representation of the value. * @return the non-padded string representation value */ public String digits();

/** * Return the padded string representation of the value. * If no padding has been performed, original string should be returned. * @return the padded string representation value */ public String paddedDigits(); /** * Pads if necessary to ensure the number of digits of the value * @param integer minimum number of digits after padding */ public void padDigits(int minLength); }