Chapter 13, Problem 16E

Explanation of Solution

Program method

• The comparator that compares Point objects is

  // Compares Strings by their number of words.

  public class StringWordComparator implements Comparator<String>

  {

  public int compare(String s1, String s2)

  {

  int count1 = wordCount(s1);

  int count2 = wordCount(s2);

  if (count1 > count2)

  {

  return 1;

  }

  else if (count1 < count2)

  {

  return -1;

  }

  else

  {

  return 0;

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