CollatorMode - Adobe ActionScript® 3 (AS3 ) API Reference

Package	flash.globalization
Class	public final class CollatorMode
Inheritance	CollatorMode Object

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 10.1, AIR 2

The CollatorMode class enumerates constant values that govern the behavior of string comparisons performed by a Collator object. These constants represent the values that can be passed in the initialMode parameter of the Collator() constructor.

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Collator

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	Property		Defined By
		constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.	Object

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	Method		Defined By
		hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.	Object
		isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.	Object
		propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.	Object
		setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.	Object
		toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.	Object
		toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object.	Object
		valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object.	Object

Public Constants

	Constant		Defined By
		MATCHING : String = "matching" [static] Initializes a Collator object so that the compare method is optimized for determining whether two strings are equivalent.	CollatorMode
		SORTING : String = "sorting" [static] Initializes a Collator object so that the compare method is optimized for sorting a list of text strings to be displayed to an end user.	CollatorMode

Constant Detail

MATCHING

Constant

public static const MATCHING:String = "matching"

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 10.1, AIR 2

Initializes a Collator object so that the compare method is optimized for determining whether two strings are equivalent. In this mode, string comparisons ignore differences in uppercase and lower case letters, accented characters, etc.

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Collator() constructor

SORTING

Constant

public static const SORTING:String = "sorting"

Language Version:

ActionScript 3.0

Runtime Versions:

Flash Player 10.1, AIR 2

Initializes a Collator object so that the compare method is optimized for sorting a list of text strings to be displayed to an end user. In this mode, string comparisons consider differences in uppercase and lowercase letters, accented characters, and so on, according to the language and sorting rules required by the locale.

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Collator() constructor

CollatorMode - AS3

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MATCHING

SORTING

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