This might be useful for IDE plugins; I'm using it in the JBuilder plugin

git-svn-id: https://pmd.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pmd/trunk@3943 51baf565-9d33-0410-a72c-fc3788e3496d

pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/MatchLengthComparator.java

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+package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+public class MatchLengthComparator implements Comparator {
+    public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
+        Match m1 = (Match)o1;
+        Match m2 = (Match)o2;
+        return m2.getLineCount() - m1.getLineCount();
+    }
+}