net.sf.saxon.expr.sort
Class LocalOrderComparer

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.expr.sort.LocalOrderComparer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, ItemOrderComparer

public final class LocalOrderComparer
extends Object
implements ItemOrderComparer, Serializable

A Comparer used for comparing nodes in document order. This comparer assumes that the nodes being compared come from the same document

Author:

Michael H. Kay

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

LocalOrderComparer()

Method Summary

int	compare(Item a, Item b) Compare two objects.
static LocalOrderComparer	getInstance() Get an instance of a LocalOrderComparer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LocalOrderComparer

public LocalOrderComparer()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static LocalOrderComparer getInstance()

Get an instance of a LocalOrderComparer. The class maintains no state so this returns the same instance every time.

compare

public int compare(Item a,
                   Item b)

Description copied from interface: ItemOrderComparer

Compare two objects.

Specified by:

compare in interface ItemOrderComparer

Returns:

<0 if a0 if a>b