UppercaseFirstComparer (saxon8 JavaDoc)

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 Description

UppercaseFirstComparer(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 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, reversed, 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