net.sf.saxon.sort
Class ComparableAtomicValueComparer

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, AtomicComparer

Direct Known Subclasses:

DecimalSortComparer

public class ComparableAtomicValueComparer
extends Object
implements AtomicComparer

A comparer for comparing two "ordinary" atomic values, where the values implement the Comparable interface and the equals() method with the appropriate XPath semantics. This rules out use of collations, conversion of untyped atomic values, and context dependencies such as implicit timezone.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

int	compareAtomicValues(AtomicValue a, AtomicValue b) Compare two AtomicValue objects according to the rules for their data type.
boolean	comparesEqual(AtomicValue a, AtomicValue b) Compare two AtomicValue objects for equality according to the rules for their data type.
ComparisonKey	getComparisonKey(AtomicValue a) Get a comparison key for an object.
static ComparableAtomicValueComparer	getInstance() Get the singleton instance of this class
AtomicComparer	provideContext(XPathContext context) Supply the dynamic context in case this is needed for the comparison

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ComparableAtomicValueComparer getInstance()

Get the singleton instance of this class

Returns:

the singleton instance of this class

provideContext

public AtomicComparer provideContext(XPathContext context)

Supply the dynamic context in case this is needed for the comparison

Specified by:

provideContext in interface AtomicComparer

Parameters:

context - the dynamic evaluation context

Returns:

either the original AtomicComparer, or a new AtomicComparer in which the context is known. The original AtomicComparer is not modified

compareAtomicValues

public int compareAtomicValues(AtomicValue a,
                               AtomicValue b)

Compare two AtomicValue objects according to the rules for their data type. UntypedAtomic values are compared as if they were strings; if different semantics are wanted, the conversion must be done by the caller.

Specified by:

compareAtomicValues in interface AtomicComparer

Parameters:

a - the first object to be compared. This must be an AtomicValue and it must implement Comparable with context-free XPath comparison semantics

b - the second object to be compared. This must be an AtomicValue and it must implement Comparable with context-free XPath comparison semantics

Returns:

<0 if a0 if a>b

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the objects are not comparable

comparesEqual

public boolean comparesEqual(AtomicValue a,
                             AtomicValue b)

Compare two AtomicValue objects for equality according to the rules for their data type. UntypedAtomic values are compared by converting to the type of the other operand.

Specified by:

comparesEqual in interface AtomicComparer

Parameters:

a - the first object to be compared. This must be an AtomicValue and it must implement equals() with context-free XPath comparison semantics

b - the second object to be compared. This must be an AtomicValue and it must implement equals() with context-free XPath comparison semantics

Returns:

true if the values are equal, false if not

Throws:

ClassCastException - if the objects are not comparable

getComparisonKey

public ComparisonKey getComparisonKey(AtomicValue a)

Get a comparison key for an object. This must satisfy the rule that if two objects are equal, then their comparison keys are equal, and vice versa. There is no requirement that the comparison keys should reflect the ordering of the underlying objects.

Specified by:

getComparisonKey in interface AtomicComparer