net.sf.saxon.sort
Class TextComparer
java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.sort.TextComparer
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Comparator, Serializable
- public class TextComparer
- extends Object
- implements Comparator, Serializable
A Comparer used for comparing sort keys when data-type="text". The items to be
compared are converted to strings, and the strings are then compared using an
underlying collator
- Author:
- Michael H. Kay
- See Also:
- Serialized Form
Method Summary |
int |
compare(Object a,
Object b)
Compare two Items by converting them to strings and comparing the string values. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
TextComparer
public TextComparer(Comparator collator)
compare
public int compare(Object a,
Object b)
throws ClassCastException
- Compare two Items by converting them to strings and comparing the string values.
- Specified by:
compare
in interface Comparator
- Parameters:
a
- the first Item to be compared.b
- the second Item to be compared.
- Returns:
- <0 if a0 if a>b
- Throws:
ClassCastException
- if the objects are not Items, or are items that cannot be convered
to strings (e.g. QNames)