ModelCollationComparer.Compare Method (IList<String>, IList<String>)

Compares two specified lists of String objects and returns an integer that indicates their relationship to each other in the sort order.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel
Assembly:  Microsoft.Data.Schema (in Microsoft.Data.Schema.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Compare ( _
    x As IList(Of String), _
    y As IList(Of String) _
) As Integer

public int Compare(
    IList<string> x,
    IList<string> y
)

public:
virtual int Compare(
    IList<String^>^ x, 
    IList<String^>^ y
) sealed

abstract Compare : 
        x:IList<string> * 
        y:IList<string> -> int 
override Compare : 
        x:IList<string> * 
        y:IList<string> -> int 

public final function Compare(
    x : IList<String>, 
    y : IList<String>
) : int

Parameters

• x
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IList<String>
  An IList<T> of type string that represents the source object.

• y
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IList<String>
  An IList<T> of type string that represents the target object.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
A 32-bit signed integer that indicates the lexical relationship between the two comparands.

Implements

IComparer<T>.Compare(T, T)

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

ModelCollationComparer Class

Compare Overload

Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel Namespace

Compare