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## net.sf.saxon.expr.sort
Class LocalOrderComparer

    java.lang.Object
      net.sf.saxon.expr.sort.LocalOrderComparer

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, ItemOrderComparer

    public final class LocalOrderComparer

extends Object
implements ItemOrderComparer, Serializable

A Comparer used for comparing nodes in document order. This comparer assumes that the nodes being compared come from the same document

Author:
  Michael H. Kay
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`LocalOrderComparer()`

Method Summary
`int` | `compare(Item a, Item b)` Compare two objects.
`static LocalOrderComparer` | `getInstance()` Get an instance of a LocalOrderComparer.

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

Constructor Detail

### LocalOrderComparer

    public LocalOrderComparer()

Method Detail

### getInstance

    public static LocalOrderComparer getInstance()

  Get an instance of a LocalOrderComparer. The class maintains no state so this returns the same instance every time.

### compare

    public int compare(Item a,
                       Item b)

  Description copied from interface: `ItemOrderComparer`
  Compare two objects.

  Specified by:
    `compare` in interface `ItemOrderComparer`
  Returns:
    <0 if a 0 if a>b

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