oracle.dss.bicontext
Interface BIComparator

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BISearchResultsComparator

public interface BIComparator

extends java.util.Comparator, java.io.Serializable

BIComparator interface. Adds four methods to Comparator: set/getLocale, set/getErrorHandler. Locale information allows comparisons to be lenguage-dependent.

Method Summary

ErrorHandler	getErrorHandler() Returns and ErrorHandler object.
java.util.Locale	getLocale() Returns Locale that detemines the language used for comparisons.
void	setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler eh) Sets an ErrorHandler object.
void	setLocale(java.util.Locale l) Sets Locale to detemine the language used for comparisons.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

compare, equals

Method Detail

setLocale

public void setLocale(java.util.Locale l)

Sets Locale to detemine the language used for comparisons. This method has to be explicitly called when creating a BIComparator instance to ensure that sorting is performed in the correct Locale.

Parameters:

l - a Locale object.

getLocale

public java.util.Locale getLocale()

Returns Locale that detemines the language used for comparisons.

Returns:

a Locale object.

setErrorHandler

public void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler eh)

Sets an ErrorHandler object.

Parameters:

eh - ErrorHandler

getErrorHandler

public ErrorHandler getErrorHandler()

Returns and ErrorHandler object.

Returns:

ErrorHandler