flash.globalization

# CollatorMode - AS3

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

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

Public Methods
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|  | 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

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|  | 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

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