Package net.sf.saxon.expr.sort

Class GlobalOrderComparer

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.expr.sort.GlobalOrderComparer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<NodeInfo>

public final class GlobalOrderComparer
extends Object
implements 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	Description
GlobalOrderComparer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	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

equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Details

GlobalOrderComparer

public GlobalOrderComparer()

Method Details

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 Comparator<NodeInfo>