Question: The following program returns result “1″, which indicates that first Integer value is greater than the second, why?

import java.util.*;

public class Example  {

   public static void main(String[] args)  {
      System.out.println("Result: " +
	   naturalOrder.compare(new Integer(90),
				new Integer(90)));
   }

private static Comparator<Integer> naturalOrder =
				new Comparator<Integer>()  {
   public int compare(Integer first, Integer second)  {
	return first < second ? -1 : (first == second ? 0 :1);
   }
  };
}

Please note:
In this case, comparator for natural order on Integer is written for example only, and in practice there is no need to write it.

Looking forward for your answers dear readers

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Effective Java