Class Compare_en


public class Compare_en extends TextComparer
A Comparer used with lang="en". Note this only does anything intelligent with characters in ISO 8859/1, which are mapped to their unaccented equivalents
Author:
Michael H. Kay
  • Field Details

    • caseOrder

      int caseOrder
  • Constructor Details

    • Compare_en

      public Compare_en()
  • Method Details

    • compare

      public int compare(Object a, Object b)
      Compare two string objects, in three phases: (a) ignoring accents and case (b) if still equal, ignoring case (c) if still equal, taking case into account
      Specified by:
      compare in class Comparer
      Returns:
      invalid input: '<'0 if ainvalid input: '<'b, 0 if a=b, >0 if a>b
    • setCaseOrder

      public Comparer setCaseOrder(int caseOrder)
      Description copied from class: TextComparer
      Set case order
      Overrides:
      setCaseOrder in class TextComparer
      Parameters:
      caseOrder - one of DEFAULT_CASE_ORDER, LOWERCASE_FIRST, or UPPERCASE_FIRST. Indicates whether upper case letters precede or follow lower case letters in the ordering
      Returns:
      either this or a different Comparer that will be used to perform the comparisons. This allows the TextComparer to delegate the comparison to a Comparer dedicated to a specific case order.