org.hsqldb.lib

public Class StringComparator

Class Inheritance

extends Object
implements Comparator<String>, Serializable

java.lang.Object
org.hsqldb.lib.StringComparator

All Implemented Interfaces

java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator

Imports

java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator

Constructor Summary

Access	Constructor and Description
public	StringComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public int	compare(String a, String b) Implements java.util.Comparator.compare. Compares its two arguments for order.

Inherited from java.lang.Object:: clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

Constructor Detail

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public StringComparator()

Method Detail

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public int compare(String a, String b) Implements java.util.Comparator.compare. Doc from java.util.Comparator.compare. Compares its two arguments for order. Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second. The implementor must ensure that `signum(compare(x, y)) == -signum(compare(y, x))` for all `x` and `y`. (This implies that `compare(x, y)` must throw an exception if and only if `compare(y, x)` throws an exception.) The implementor must also ensure that the relation is transitive: `((compare(x, y)>0) && (compare(y, z)>0))` implies `compare(x, z)>0`. Finally, the implementor must ensure that `compare(x, y)==0` implies that `signum(compare(x, z))==signum(compare(y, z))` for all `z`.

public int compare(String a, String b)

Implements java.util.Comparator.compare.

Doc from java.util.Comparator.compare.

Compares its two arguments for order. Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.

The implementor must ensure that signum(compare(x, y)) == -signum(compare(y, x)) for all x and y. (This implies that compare(x, y) must throw an exception if and only if compare(y, x) throws an exception.)

The implementor must also ensure that the relation is transitive: ((compare(x, y)>0) && (compare(y, z)>0)) implies compare(x, z)>0.

Finally, the implementor must ensure that compare(x, y)==0 implies that signum(compare(x, z))==signum(compare(y, z)) for all z.