LowercaseFirstComparer (saxon8 JavaDoc)

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.saxon.sort.LowercaseFirstComparer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator
```
public class LowercaseFirstComparer
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable
```
A Comparer used for comparing keys

Author:

Michael H. Kay

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

LowercaseFirstComparer(java.util.Comparator base)

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 lowercase 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, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

- Constructor Detail
  - LowercaseFirstComparer
```
public LowercaseFirstComparer(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 lowercase comes first.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compare in interface java.util.Comparator
    
    Returns:
    
    <0 if a0 if a>b
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.ClassCastException - if the objects are of the wrong type for this Comparer