com.icl.saxon.sort
Interface Sortable

All Known Implementing Classes:

NodeSetExtent, SortKeyEnumeration

public interface Sortable

A Sortable is an object that can be sorted using the QuickSort method.

Author:

Michael H. Kay

Method Summary

int	compare(int a, int b) Compare two objects within this Sortable, identified by their position.
void	swap(int a, int b) Swap two objects within this Sortable, identified by their position.

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(int a,
                   int b)

Compare two objects within this Sortable, identified by their position.

Returns:

<0 if obj[a]0 if obj[a]>obj[b]

swap

public void swap(int a,
                 int b)

Swap two objects within this Sortable, identified by their position.