// ** Implemented as a Comparable class by 
// Sriram Pemmaraju on Oct 6th

public class comparableRecord implements Comparable<comparableRecord> {

        // data members
        public String ssn;      // Primary Key
        public String name;
        public double pay;


        // The only constructor for this class
        public comparableRecord(String newSSN, String newName, double newPay) {
                ssn = newSSN;
                name = newName;
                pay = newPay;
        } // end of constructor

	public int compareTo(comparableRecord item){

		return ssn.compareTo(item.ssn);
	}

} // end of class