net.sf.saxon.sort
Class DescendingComparer

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.saxon.sort.DescendingComparer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.util.Comparator

public class DescendingComparer
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable

A Comparer used for comparing descending keys. This simply returns the inverse of the result delivered by the base comparer.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

DescendingComparer(java.util.Comparator base)

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object a, java.lang.Object b) Compare two objects.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

DescendingComparer

public DescendingComparer(java.util.Comparator base)

Method Detail

compare

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

Compare two objects.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator

Returns:

<0 if a0 if a>b

Throws:

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