Overview | Package | Class | Tree | Deprecated | Index | Help
PREV CLASS NEXT CLASS | FRAMES NO FRAMES
SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD | DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD

## net.sf.saxon.sort
Class AlphanumericComparer

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.sort.AlphanumericComparer

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable

public class AlphanumericComparer
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable

A Comparer that treats strings as an alternating sequence of alpha parts and numeric parts. The alpha parts are compared using a base collation supplied as a parameter; the numeric parts are compared numerically. "Numeric" here means a sequence of consecutive ASCII digits 0-9.

Note: this Comparator produces an ordering that is not compatible with equals().

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`AlphanumericComparer(java.util.Comparator base)`

Method Summary
`int` | `compare(java.lang.Object a1, java.lang.Object a2)` Compare two objects.

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`

Constructor Detail

### AlphanumericComparer

    public AlphanumericComparer(java.util.Comparator base)

Method Detail

### compare

    public int compare(java.lang.Object a1,
                       java.lang.Object a2)

  Compare two objects.

  Specified by:
    `compare` in interface `java.util.Comparator`
  Returns:
    <0 if a0 if a>b

Overview | Package | Class | Tree | Deprecated | Index | Help
PREV CLASS NEXT CLASS | FRAMES NO FRAMES
SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD | DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | METHOD