net.sf.saxon.sort
Class UppercaseFirstComparer

java.lang.Object
  extended bynet.sf.saxon.sort.UppercaseFirstComparer
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable

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

A Comparer used for comparing keys

Author:
Michael H. Kay (michael.h.kay@ntlworld.com)
See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
UppercaseFirstComparer(java.text.Collator base)
           
 
Method Summary
 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
equals
 

Constructor Detail

UppercaseFirstComparer

public UppercaseFirstComparer(java.text.Collator 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