: Class DoubleComparer

com.icl.saxon.sort
Class DoubleComparer

java.lang.Object

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public class DoubleComparer

extends Comparer

A Comparer used for comparing keys that are Doubles

Constructor Summary

DoubleComparer()

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b) Compare two String objects according to their numeric values

Methods inherited from class com.icl.saxon.sort.Comparer

setDataType, setOrder

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DoubleComparer

public DoubleComparer()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object a,
                   java.lang.Object b)

Compare two String objects according to their numeric values

Overrides:

compare in class Comparer

Returns:

<0 if a0 if a>b

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the objects are of the wrong type for this Comparer