Public Interface IComparer(Of T)

Dim instance As IComparer(Of T)

public interface IComparer<T>

generic<typename T>
public interface class IComparer

J# supports the use of generic types and methods, but not the declaration of new ones.

JScript does not support generic types and methods.

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Type Parameters

T

The type of objects to compare.

This interface is used with the System.Collections.Generic.List.Sort and System.Collections.Generic.List.BinarySearch methods. It provides a way to customize the sort order of a collection. Classes that implement this interface include the SortedDictionary and SortedList generic classes.

The default implementation of this interface is the Comparer class. The StringComparer class implements this interface for type String.

This interface supports ordering comparisons. That is, when the Compare method returns 0, it means that two objects sort the same. Implementation of exact equality comparisons is provided by the IEqualityComparer generic interface.

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

.NET Compact Framework

XNA Framework