org.dom4j.util
Class NodeComparator

java.lang.Object
  org.dom4j.util.NodeComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator<Node>

public class NodeComparator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Comparator<Node>

NodeComparator is a Comparatorof Node instances which is capable of comparing Nodes for equality based on their values.

Version:

$Revision: 1.10 $

Author:

James Strachan

Constructor Summary

NodeComparator()

Method Summary

int	compare(Attribute n1, Attribute n2)
int	compare(Document n1, Document n2)
int	compare(DocumentType o1, DocumentType o2)
int	compare(Element n1, Element n2)
int	compare(Entity n1, Entity n2)
int	compare(CharacterData t1, CharacterData t2)
int	compare(Namespace n1, Namespace n2)
int	compare(Node n1, Node n2)
int	compare(ProcessingInstruction n1, ProcessingInstruction n2)
int	compare(QName n1, QName n2)
int	compare(java.lang.String o1, java.lang.String o2)
int	compareContent(Branch b1, Branch b2)

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

NodeComparator

public NodeComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Node n1,
                   Node n2)

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator<Node>

compare

public int compare(Document n1,
                   Document n2)

compare

public int compare(Element n1,
                   Element n2)

compare

public int compare(Attribute n1,
                   Attribute n2)

compare

public int compare(QName n1,
                   QName n2)

compare

public int compare(Namespace n1,
                   Namespace n2)

compare

public int compare(CharacterData t1,
                   CharacterData t2)

compare

public int compare(DocumentType o1,
                   DocumentType o2)

compare

public int compare(Entity n1,
                   Entity n2)

compare

public int compare(ProcessingInstruction n1,
                   ProcessingInstruction n2)

compareContent

public int compareContent(Branch b1,
                          Branch b2)

compare

public int compare(java.lang.String o1,
                   java.lang.String o2)