net.sf.saxon.sort
Class AtomicSortComparer.ComparisonKey

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.sort.AtomicSortComparer.ComparisonKey

Enclosing class:

AtomicSortComparer

public static class AtomicSortComparer.ComparisonKey

extends java.lang.Object

Inner class: an object used as a comparison key. Two XPath atomic values are equal if and only if their comparison keys are equal.

Constructor Summary

AtomicSortComparer.ComparisonKey(int category, java.lang.Object value)
Create a comparison key for a value in a particular category.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other) Test if two comparison keys are equal
int	hashCode() Get a hashcode for a comparison key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AtomicSortComparer.ComparisonKey

public AtomicSortComparer.ComparisonKey(int category,
                                        java.lang.Object value)

Create a comparison key for a value in a particular category. The "category" here represents a set of primitive types that allow mutual comparison (so all numeric values are in the same category).

Parameters:

category - the category

value - the value within the category

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Test if two comparison keys are equal

Parameters:

other - the other comparison key

Returns:

true if they are equal

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the other object is not a ComparisonKey

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Get a hashcode for a comparison key. If two comparison keys are equal, they must have the same hash code.

Returns:

the hash code.