com.icl.saxon.sort
Class LocalOrderComparer

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.icl.saxon.sort.LocalOrderComparer
All Implemented Interfaces:
NodeOrderComparer

public final class LocalOrderComparer
extends java.lang.Object
implements NodeOrderComparer

A Comparer used for comparing nodes in document order. This comparer assumes that the nodes being compared come from the same document

Author:
Michael H. Kay (mhkay@iclway.co.uk)

Constructor Summary
LocalOrderComparer()
           
 
Method Summary
 int compare(NodeInfo a, NodeInfo b)
          Compare two objects.
static LocalOrderComparer getInstance()
          Get an instance of a LocalOrderComparer.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

LocalOrderComparer

public LocalOrderComparer()
Method Detail

getInstance

public static LocalOrderComparer getInstance()
Get an instance of a LocalOrderComparer. The class maintains no state so this returns the same instance every time.

compare

public int compare(NodeInfo a,
                   NodeInfo b)
Description copied from interface: NodeOrderComparer
Compare two objects.
Specified by:
compare in interface NodeOrderComparer
Following copied from interface: com.icl.saxon.sort.NodeOrderComparer
Returns:
<0 if a0 if a>b