Package net.sf.saxon.sort
Class UppercaseFirstComparer
- java.lang.Object
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- net.sf.saxon.sort.UppercaseFirstComparer
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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
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Constructor Description UppercaseFirstComparer(java.util.Comparator base)
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method 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.
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Method Detail
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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 interfacejava.util.Comparator
- Returns:
- <0 if a0 if a>b
- Throws:
java.lang.ClassCastException
- if the objects do not implement the CharSequence interface
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