net.sf.saxon.expr.sort

Class GlobalOrderComparer

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.expr.sort.GlobalOrderComparer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator<NodeInfo>

public final class GlobalOrderComparer
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator<NodeInfo>

A Comparer used for comparing nodes in document order. This comparer is used when there is no guarantee that the nodes being compared come from the same document

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GlobalOrderComparer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(NodeInfo a, NodeInfo b)
static GlobalOrderComparer	getInstance() Get an instance of a GlobalOrderComparer.

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

comparing, comparing, comparingDouble, comparingInt, comparingLong, equals, naturalOrder, nullsFirst, nullsLast, reversed, reverseOrder, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Detail

GlobalOrderComparer

public GlobalOrderComparer()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static GlobalOrderComparer getInstance()

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

Returns:

an instance of a GlobalOrderComparer

compare

public int compare(NodeInfo a,
                   NodeInfo b)

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator<NodeInfo>