com.tangosol.util
Class CacheCollator

java.lang.Object
  java.text.Collator
      com.tangosol.util.CacheCollator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Comparator

public class CacheCollator
extends Collator
implements Serializable

Implements a collator which caches its keys.

Version:

1.00, 10/01/98

Author:

Cameron Purdy

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.text.Collator

CANONICAL_DECOMPOSITION, FULL_DECOMPOSITION, IDENTICAL, NO_DECOMPOSITION, PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY

Constructor Summary

CacheCollator(Collator collator)
Construct this collator to cache the results of another collator.

Method Summary

Object	clone() Clone the caching collator.
int	compare(String source, String target) Compares the source string to the target string according to the collation rules for this Collator.
boolean	equals(Object that) Compares the equality of two Collators.
protected Map	getCache()
CollationKey	getCollationKey(String source) Transforms the String into a series of bits that can be compared bitwise to other CollationKeys.
int	getDecomposition() Get the decomposition mode of this Collator.
int	getStrength() Returns this Collator's strength property.
int	hashCode() Generates the hash code for this Collator.
void	setDecomposition(int decomposition) Set the decomposition mode of this Collator.
void	setStrength(int newStrength) Sets this Collator's strength property.

Methods inherited from class java.text.Collator

compare, equals, getAvailableLocales, getInstance, getInstance

Constructor Detail

CacheCollator

public CacheCollator(Collator collator)

Construct this collator to cache the results of another collator.

Parameters:

collator - the collator to delegate to

Method Detail

getStrength

public int getStrength()

Returns this Collator's strength property. The strength property determines the minimum level of difference considered significant during comparison.

Overrides:

getStrength in class Collator

Returns:

this Collator's current strength property.

setStrength

public void setStrength(int newStrength)

Sets this Collator's strength property. The strength property determines the minimum level of difference considered significant during comparison.

Overrides:

setStrength in class Collator

Parameters:

newStrength - the new strength value.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - always thrown

getDecomposition

public int getDecomposition()

Get the decomposition mode of this Collator. Decomposition mode determines how Unicode composed characters are handled. Adjusting decomposition mode allows the user to select between faster and more complete collation behavior.

Overrides:

getDecomposition in class Collator

Returns:

the decomposition mode

setDecomposition

public void setDecomposition(int decomposition)

Set the decomposition mode of this Collator. See getDecomposition for a description of decomposition mode.

Overrides:

setDecomposition in class Collator

Parameters:

decomposition - the new decomposition mode

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - always thrown

compare

public int compare(String source,
                   String target)

Compares the source string to the target string according to the collation rules for this Collator. Returns an integer less than, equal to or greater than zero depending on whether the source String is less than, equal to or greater than the target string. See the Collator class description for an example of use.

For a one time comparison, this method has the best performance. If a given String will be involved in multiple comparisons, CollationKey.compareTo has the best performance. See the Collator class description for an example using CollationKeys.

Specified by:

compare in class Collator

Parameters:

source - the source string.

target - the target string.

Returns:

Returns an integer value. Value is less than zero if source is less than target, value is zero if source and target are equal, value is greater than zero if source is greater than target.

getCollationKey

public CollationKey getCollationKey(String source)

Transforms the String into a series of bits that can be compared bitwise to other CollationKeys. CollationKeys provide better performance than Collator.compare when Strings are involved in multiple comparisons. See the Collator class description for an example using CollationKeys.

Specified by:

getCollationKey in class Collator

Parameters:

source - the string to be transformed into a collation key.

Returns:

the CollationKey for the given String based on this Collator's collation rules. If the source String is null, a null CollationKey is returned.

clone

public Object clone()

Clone the caching collator.

Overrides:

clone in class Collator

Returns:

a clone of this object

equals

public boolean equals(Object that)

Compares the equality of two Collators.

Specified by:

equals in interface Comparator

Overrides:

equals in class Collator

Parameters:

that - the Collator to be compared with this.

Returns:

true if this Collator is the same as that Collator; false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Generates the hash code for this Collator.

Specified by:

hashCode in class Collator

Returns:

the hashcode of the delegatee collator

getCache

protected Map getCache()

Returns:

the internal cache map