Package oracle.i18n.text

Class OraCollationKey

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Comparable
    public class OraCollationKey
extends Object
implements Comparable
    The OraCollationKey class represents a String object under control of a specific OraCollator object. This construct is used to store a sorting order under a certain sorting rule and to be compared when needed.
    Since:
    Oracle 10.1.0.2
    See Also:
    OraCollator

    • Field Detail

      • primIdx

        protected int primIdx

      • secIdx

        protected int secIdx

      • terIdx

        protected int terIdx

    • Method Detail

      • compareTo

        public int compareTo​(OraCollationKey target)
        Compare this OraCollationKey object to the target OraCollationKey object. The collation rules of the OraCollator object that created these keys are applied. OraCollationKey objects created by different OraCollator objects cannot be compared.
        Parameters:
        target - the target OraCollationKey
        Returns:
        OraCollator.GREATER, OraCollator.LESS, or OraCollator.EQUAL
        See Also:
        OraCollator.compare(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)

      • compareTo

        public int compareTo​(Object o)
        Compares this OraCollationKey object with the specified Object object.
        Specified by:
        compareTo in interface Comparable
        Parameters:
        o - the Object object to which the OraCollationKey object is compared
        Returns:
        OraCollator.GREATER, OraCollator.LESS, or OraCollator.EQUAL

      • equals

        public boolean equals​(Object target)
        Determines if this OraCollationKey object and the target OraCollationKey object are equal.
        Overrides:
        equals in class Object
        Parameters:
        target - the OraCollationKey object to which this OraCollationKey object is compared
        Returns:
        ture if the two are equal; false otherwise

      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        Creates a hash code for this OraCollationKey object; the value is calculated on the key, not the source string.
        Overrides:
        hashCode in class Object
        Returns:
        the hash value

      • getSourceString

        public String getSourceString()
        Returns the source String object that this OraCollationKey object represents.
        Returns:
        the source String object

      • toByteArray

        public byte[] toByteArray()
        Converts the OraCollationKey object to a sequence of bytes.
        Returns:
        a byte array representation of the OraCollationKey object

      • getNextMultiKeys

        public int[] getNextMultiKeys​(byte[] keyArray)

      • getNextMonoKeys

        public int getNextMonoKeys​(byte[] keyArray)