TextComparer (saxon8 JavaDoc)

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator
```
public class TextComparer
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable
```
A Comparer used for comparing sort keys when data-type="text". The items to be compared are converted to strings, and the strings are then compared using an underlying collator

Author:

Michael H. Kay

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

TextComparer(java.util.Comparator collator)

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 Items by converting them to strings and comparing the string values.

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
  - TextComparer
```
public TextComparer(java.util.Comparator collator)
```
- Method Detail
  - compare
```
public int compare(java.lang.Object a,
                   java.lang.Object b)
            throws java.lang.ClassCastException
```
    Compare two Items by converting them to strings and comparing the string values.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compare in interface java.util.Comparator
    
    Parameters:
    
    a - the first Item to be compared.
    
    b - the second Item to be compared.
    
    Returns:
    
    <0 if a0 if a>b
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.ClassCastException - if the objects are not Items, or are items that cannot be convered to strings (e.g. QNames)