net.sf.saxon.sort
Class AlphanumericComparer
java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.sort.AlphanumericComparer
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- Comparator, Serializable
- public class AlphanumericComparer
- extends Object
- implements Comparator, Serializable
A Comparer that treats strings as an alternating sequence of alpha parts and numeric parts. The
alpha parts are compared using a base collation supplied as a parameter; the numeric parts are
compared numerically. "Numeric" here means a sequence of consecutive ASCII digits 0-9.
Note: this Comparator produces an ordering that is not compatible with equals().
- See Also:
- Serialized Form
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
AlphanumericComparer
public AlphanumericComparer(Comparator base)
compare
public int compare(Object a1,
Object a2)
- Compare two objects.
- Specified by:
compare
in interface Comparator
- Returns:
- <0 if a0 if a>b