net.sf.saxon.expr.sort

Class DecimalSortComparer

java.lang.Object

net.sf.saxon.expr.sort.ComparableAtomicValueComparer

net.sf.saxon.expr.sort.DecimalSortComparer

All Implemented Interfaces:

AtomicComparer

public class DecimalSortComparer
extends ComparableAtomicValueComparer

An AtomicComparer used for sorting values that are known to be instances of xs:decimal (including xs:integer), It also supports a separate method for getting a collation key to test equality of items

Author:

Michael H. Kay

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static DecimalSortComparer	getDecimalSortComparerInstance()
String	save() Create a string representation of this AtomicComparer that can be saved in a compiled package and used to reconstitute the AtomicComparer when the package is reloaded

Methods inherited from class net.sf.saxon.expr.sort.ComparableAtomicValueComparer

compareAtomicValues, comparesEqual, getCollator, getInstance, provideContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getDecimalSortComparerInstance

public static DecimalSortComparer getDecimalSortComparerInstance()

save

public String save()

Create a string representation of this AtomicComparer that can be saved in a compiled package and used to reconstitute the AtomicComparer when the package is reloaded

Specified by:

save in interface AtomicComparer

Overrides:

save in class ComparableAtomicValueComparer

Returns:

a string representation of the AtomicComparer