net.sf.saxon.expr.sort

Interface ItemOrderComparer

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

GlobalOrderComparer, LocalOrderComparer

public interface ItemOrderComparer
extends Serializable

A Comparer used for comparing nodes in document order, or items in merge order

Author:

Michael H. Kay

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(Item a, Item b) Compare two objects.

Method Detail

compare

int compare(Item a,
          Item b)

Compare two objects.

Returns:

<0 if a0 if a>b