Package net.sf.saxon.sort
Class LowercaseFirstCollator
java.lang.Object
net.sf.saxon.sort.LowercaseFirstCollator
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
,StringCollator
A StringCollator that sorts lowercase before uppercase.
Case is irrelevant, unless the strings are equal ignoring case, in which case lowercase comes first.
- Author:
- Michael H. Kay
- See Also:
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Constructor Summary
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionint
compareStrings
(String a, String b) Compare two string objects: case is irrelevant, unless the strings are equal ignoring case, in which case lowercase comes first.Get a collation key for two Strings.
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Constructor Details
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LowercaseFirstCollator
Create a LowercaseFirstCollator- Parameters:
base
- the base collator, which determines how characters are sorted irrespective of case
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Method Details
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compareStrings
Compare two string objects: case is irrelevant, unless the strings are equal ignoring case, in which case lowercase comes first.- Specified by:
compareStrings
in interfaceStringCollator
- Parameters:
a
- the first stringb
- the second string- Returns:
- invalid input: '<'0 if ainvalid input: '<'b, 0 if a=b, >0 if a>b
- Throws:
ClassCastException
- if the objects are of the wrong type for this Comparer
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getCollationKey
Get a collation key for two Strings. The essential property of collation keys is that if two values are equal under the collation, then the collation keys are compare correctly under the equals() method.- Specified by:
getCollationKey
in interfaceStringCollator
- Parameters:
s
- the string whose collation key is required- Returns:
- the collation key
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