ItemOrderComparer (saxon JavaDoc)

All Superinterfaces:

Comparator<Item>

All Known Implementing Classes:

GlobalOrderComparer, LocalOrderComparer
```
public interface ItemOrderComparer
extends Comparator<Item>
```
A Comparer used for comparing nodes in document order, or items in merge order

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  int compare(Item a, Item b)
  Compare two objects.
  - Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator
    equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

- Method Detail
  - compare
```
int compare(Item a,
            Item b)
```
    Compare two objects.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compare in interface Comparator<Item>
    
    Returns:
    
    <0 if a<b, 0 if a=b, >0 if a>b