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

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.icl.saxon.sort.TextComparer

DEFAULT_CASE_ORDER, LOWERCASE_FIRST, UPPERCASE_FIRST

Constructor Summary

StringComparer()

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b) Compare two string objects using default collating
Comparer	setCaseOrder(int caseOrder) Set case order

Methods inherited from class com.icl.saxon.sort.Comparer

setDataType, setOrder

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringComparer

public StringComparer()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object a,
                   java.lang.Object b)

Compare two string objects using default collating

Specified by:

compare in class Comparer

Returns:

<0 if a0 if a>b

Throws:

java.lang.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.