XPathComparator (Apache Commons Jelly Core 1.1-jenkins-20230713 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.commons.jelly.xpath.XPathComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator
```
public class XPathComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator
```
Compares xml nodes by extracting the value at xpath and comparing it.

Version:

$Id: XPathComparator.java 155420 2005-02-26 13:06:03Z dirkv $

Author:

Jason Horman

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static class XPathComparator.XPathSortException
My own runtime exception in case something goes wrong with sort.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

XPathComparator()

XPathComparator(org.jaxen.XPath xpath, boolean descending)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`compare(Object o1, Object o2)`
`int`	`compare(org.dom4j.Node n1, org.dom4j.Node n2)`
`protected Comparable`	`getComparableValue(Object value)`	Turns the XPath result value into a Comparable object.
`org.jaxen.XPath`	`getXpath()`
`void`	`setDescending(boolean descending)`
`void`	`setXpath(org.jaxen.XPath xpath)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator
equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Detail

XPathComparator
```
public XPathComparator()
```

XPathComparator

public XPathComparator(org.jaxen.XPath xpath,
                       boolean descending)

Method Detail

setXpath

public void setXpath(org.jaxen.XPath xpath)

getXpath
```
public org.jaxen.XPath getXpath()
```

setDescending

public void setDescending(boolean descending)

compare

public int compare(Object o1,
                   Object o2)

Specified by:: compare in interface Comparator

compare

public int compare(org.dom4j.Node n1,
                   org.dom4j.Node n2)

getComparableValue
```
protected Comparable getComparableValue(Object value)
```
Turns the XPath result value into a Comparable object.