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From: "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Binary Search
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 08:57:46 -0700
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"Leif Roar Moldskred" <leifm@dimnakorr.com> wrote in message 
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> Mike Schilling <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> For a SortedMap, specify a Comparator that knows.
>
> Eh? How is that going to give you a key?

It's going to give you an ordering for the binary search.