com.icl.saxon.sort
Class StringComparer
java.lang.Object
com.icl.saxon.sort.Comparer
com.icl.saxon.sort.TextComparer
com.icl.saxon.sort.StringComparer
- public class StringComparer
- extends TextComparer
A Comparer used for comparing keys. This comparer uses the binary Unicode value of the
characters.
- Author:
- Michael H. Kay (mhkay@iclway.co.uk)
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
StringComparer
public StringComparer()
compare
public int compare(Object a,
Object b)
- Compare two string objects using default collating
- Specified by:
compare
in class Comparer
- Returns:
- <0 if a0 if a>b
- Throws:
ClassCastException
- if the objects are of the wrong type for this Comparer
setCaseOrder
public Comparer setCaseOrder(int caseOrder)
- Set case order
- Overrides:
setCaseOrder
in class TextComparer
- Parameters:
caseOrder
- one of DEFAULT_CASE_ORDER, LOWERCASE_FIRST, or UPPERCASE_FIRST.
Indicates whether upper case letters precede or follow lower case letters in the ordering
- Returns:
- either this or a different Comparer that will be used to perform the comparisons.
This allows the TextComparer to delegate the comparison to a Comparer dedicated to a
specific case order.