Microsoft SDK for Java

StringComparison Class

The StringComparison Class of the com.ms.util package provides a simple comparison, similar to that done by String.compareTo.

public final class StringComparison implements Comparison
{
  // Constructors
  public static final Comparison ascending = new StringComparison(
        1);
  public static final Comparison descending = new StringComparison(
        -1);

  // Methods
  public int compare(Object p, Object q);
}

Example

Given an array of strings like the following:

  String strings[] = new String[4];
  strings[0]="my";
  strings[1]="dog";
  strings[2]="has";
  strings[3]="fleas";

A sort could be performed with the following code:

ArraySort.sort(strings, StringComparison.ascending);

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