Constructor Detail

• Comparer

  public Comparer()

Method Detail

• compare

  public abstract int compare(Object a,
                              Object b)

  Compare two objects.

  Returns:

  <0 if a0 if a>b

  Throws:

  ClassCastException - if the objects are of the wrong type for this Comparer

• setDataType

  public Comparer setDataType(String dataTypeURI,
                              String dataTypeLocalName)

  Set data type. The comparer has the option of returning a different comparer once it knows the data type

• setOrder

  public Comparer setOrder(boolean isAscending)

  Set order. The comparer has the option of returning a different comparer