Package net.sf.saxon.sort
Interface StringCollator
- All Superinterfaces:
Serializable
- All Known Subinterfaces:
SubstringMatcher
- All Known Implementing Classes:
AlphanumericCollator
,CodepointCollator
,LowercaseFirstCollator
,NamedCollation
,RuleBasedSubstringMatcher
,UppercaseFirstCollator
This interface represents a "collation" as defined in XPath, that is, a set of rules for comparing strings
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionint
compareStrings
(String o1, String o2) Compare two stringsGet a collation key for two Strings.
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Method Details
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compareStrings
Compare two strings- Parameters:
o1
- the first stringo2
- the second string- Returns:
- 0 if the strings are considered equal, a negative integer if the first string is less than the second, a positive integer if the first string is greater than the second
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getCollationKey
Get a collation key for two Strings. The essential property of collation keys is that if two values are equal under the collation, then the collation keys are compare correctly under the equals() method.- Parameters:
s
- the string whose collation key is required- Returns:
- the collation key
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