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From: Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Help with Deck of cards assignment and getting it to deal...
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:29:36 -0400
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On 08/04/2014 08:03 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
Ah. Now I see the problem.
"This interface is a member of the Java Collections Framework."
It's sacrosanct. Not to used for mundane comparisons - especially
when one might violate the terms of use. If I had used my JComparable
all of this lathering could have been avoided. And the potential
for disaster by someone inadvertently placing my Rank in a TreeMap also.