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

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