net.sf.saxon.sort

Class CollatingAtomicComparer

Implemented Interfaces:
AtomicComparer, Serializable

public class CollatingAtomicComparer
extends java.lang.Object
implements AtomicComparer

An AtomicComparer used for comparing strings, untypedAtomic values, and URIs using a collation. A CollatingAtomicComparer is used when it is known in advance that both operands will be of these types. This enables all conversions and promotions to be bypassed: the string values of both operands are simply extracted and passed to the collator for comparison.
Author:
Michael H. Kay

Constructor Summary

CollatingAtomicComparer(StringCollator collator, Platform platform)
Create an GenericAtomicComparer

Method Summary

int
compareAtomicValues(AtomicValue a, AtomicValue b)
Compare two AtomicValue objects according to the rules for their data type.
boolean
comparesEqual(AtomicValue a, AtomicValue b)
Compare two AtomicValue objects for equality according to the rules for their data type.
String
getCollationURI()
Get the collation URI
ComparisonKey
getComparisonKey(AtomicValue a)
Get a comparison key for an object.
AtomicComparer
provideContext(XPathContext context)
Supply the dynamic context in case this is needed for the comparison

Constructor Details

CollatingAtomicComparer

public CollatingAtomicComparer(StringCollator collator,
                               Platform platform)
Create an GenericAtomicComparer
Parameters:
collator - the collation to be used. If the method is called at compile time, this should be a NamedCollation so that it can be cloned at run-time.
platform - used to obtain collation keys.

Method Details

compareAtomicValues

public int compareAtomicValues(AtomicValue a,
                               AtomicValue b)
Compare two AtomicValue objects according to the rules for their data type. UntypedAtomic values are compared as if they were strings; if different semantics are wanted, the conversion must be done by the caller.
Specified by:
compareAtomicValues in interface AtomicComparer
Parameters:
a - the first object to be compared. It is intended that this should be an instance of AtomicValue, though this restriction is not enforced. If it is a StringValue, the collator is used to compare the values, otherwise the value must implement the java.util.Comparable interface.
b - the second object to be compared. This must be comparable with the first object: for example, if one is a string, they must both be strings.
Returns:
<0 if a0 if a>b

comparesEqual

public boolean comparesEqual(AtomicValue a,
                             AtomicValue b)
Compare two AtomicValue objects for equality according to the rules for their data type. UntypedAtomic values are compared by converting to the type of the other operand.
Specified by:
comparesEqual in interface AtomicComparer
Parameters:
a - the first object to be compared. It is intended that this should be an instance of AtomicValue, though this restriction is not enforced. If it is a StringValue, the collator is used to compare the values, otherwise the value must implement the equals() method.
b - the second object to be compared. This must be comparable with the first object: for example, if one is a string, they must both be strings.
Returns:
<0 if a0 if a>b

getCollationURI

public String getCollationURI()
Get the collation URI
Returns:
the collation URI

getComparisonKey

public ComparisonKey getComparisonKey(AtomicValue a)
Get a comparison key for an object. This must satisfy the rule that if two objects are equal, then their comparison keys are equal, and vice versa. There is no requirement that the comparison keys should reflect the ordering of the underlying objects.
Specified by:
getComparisonKey in interface AtomicComparer

provideContext

public AtomicComparer provideContext(XPathContext context)
Supply the dynamic context in case this is needed for the comparison
Specified by:
provideContext in interface AtomicComparer
Parameters:
context - the dynamic evaluation context
Returns:
either the original AtomicComparer, or a new AtomicComparer in which the context is known. The original AtomicComparer is not modified