IComparator.NullsFirst(IComparator) Method

Definition

Returns a null-friendly comparator that considers null to be less than non-null.

[Android.Runtime.Register("nullsFirst", "(Ljava/util/Comparator;)Ljava/util/Comparator;", "", ApiSince=24)]
[Java.Interop.JavaTypeParameters(new System.String[] { "T" })]
public static Java.Util.IComparator? NullsFirst (Java.Util.IComparator? comparator);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("nullsFirst", "(Ljava/util/Comparator;)Ljava/util/Comparator;", "", ApiSince=24)>]
[<Java.Interop.JavaTypeParameters(new System.String[] { "T" })>]
static member NullsFirst : Java.Util.IComparator -> Java.Util.IComparator

Parameters

comparator
IComparator

a Comparator for comparing non-null values

Returns

a comparator that considers null to be less than non-null, and compares non-null objects with the supplied Comparator.

Attributes

Remarks

Returns a null-friendly comparator that considers null to be less than non-null. When both are null, they are considered equal. If both are non-null, the specified Comparator is used to determine the order. If the specified comparator is null, then the returned comparator considers all non-null values to be equal.

The returned comparator is serializable if the specified comparator is serializable.

Added in 1.8.

Java documentation for java.util.Comparator.nullsFirst(java.util.Comparator<? super T>).

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Applies to