Ordered

Type Parameters:

T - the element type

All Known Subinterfaces:

BitSet<T>, SortedMap<K,V>, SortedMultimap<K,V>, SortedSet<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BitSetModule.AbstractBitSet, BitSetModule.BitSet1, BitSetModule.BitSet2, BitSetModule.BitSetN, PriorityQueue, TreeMap, TreeMultimap, TreeSet
```
public interface Ordered<T>
```
A collection whose elements are arranged according to a well-defined order. Implementations expose the Comparator used to determine that order.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Comparator<T>`	`comparator()`	Returns the comparator that governs the ordering of elements in this collection.

- Method Detail
  - comparator
```
java.util.Comparator<T> comparator()
```
    Returns the comparator that governs the ordering of elements in this collection. The returned comparator must be consistent with the collection's iteration order.
    
    Returns:
    
    the comparator defining the element order