import java.util.Comparator;

/* An instance of this class defines an ordering on states of the USA
** (as represented by objects of the StateInUSA class) according to their
** numbers of electoral votes, with ties broken by their names.
** Among two states, the one with the larger number of electoral votes is
** defined to be less than the one with fewer electoral votes.  Among two
** states having the same number of electoral votes, the one whose name
** precedes the other alphabetically is defined to be the lesser of the
** two.
**
** Authors: R. McCloskey and <STUDENTS' NAMES>
*/
public class CompareByElectVotesAndName implements Comparator<StateInUSA> {

   /* If the number of electoral votes of stateA is greater (respectively,
   ** less) than that of stateB, a negative (respectively, positive) number
   ** is returned.  If they have the same number of electoral votes, the
   ** number returned is negative, zero, or positive according to how their
   ** names compare using String's compareTo() method (which is consistent
   ** with lexicographic order).  
   */
   public int compare(StateInUSA stateA, StateInUSA stateB) {
      return 0;   // STUB
   }
}