net.sf.saxon.sort

Class UppercaseFirstComparer

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.sort.UppercaseFirstComparer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator

public class UppercaseFirstComparer
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable

A Comparer used for comparing strings, with upper case collated before lower case if the strings are otherwise equal. This is implemented as a wrapper around a collator that compares the strings ignoring case.

Author:

Michael H. Kay

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UppercaseFirstComparer(java.util.Comparator base)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b) Compare two string objects: case is irrelevant, unless the strings are equal ignoring case, in which case uppercase comes first.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

comparing, comparing, comparingDouble, comparingInt, comparingLong, equals, naturalOrder, nullsFirst, nullsLast, reversed, reverseOrder, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Detail

UppercaseFirstComparer

public UppercaseFirstComparer(java.util.Comparator base)

Method Detail

compare

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

Compare two string objects: case is irrelevant, unless the strings are equal ignoring case, in which case uppercase comes first.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator

Returns:

<0 if a0 if a>b

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the objects do not implement the CharSequence interface