Method Detail

• compareStrings

  int compareStrings​(java.lang.String o1,
                     java.lang.String o2)

  Compare two strings

  Parameters:

  o1 - the first string

  o2 - the second string

  Returns:

  0 if the strings are considered equal, a negative integer if the first string is less than the second, a positive integer if the first string is greater than the second

• getCollationKey

  java.lang.Object getCollationKey​(java.lang.String s)

  Get a collation key for two Strings. The essential property of collation keys is that if two values are equal under the collation, then the collation keys are compare correctly under the equals() method.

  Parameters:

  s - the string whose collation key is required

  Returns:

  the collation key