[SIS-135] [Foo]Name.compareTo(GenericName) should be case-sensitive

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.3
• Fix Version/s: 0.4
• Component/s: Utilities
• Assignee: Martin Desruisseaux
• Reporter: Martin Desruisseaux
• Created: 06/Sep/13 16:44
• Updated: 06/Sep/13 16:45
• Resolved: 06/Sep/13 16:45

Description

Implementation of DefaultLocalName.compareTo(GenericName) in SIS 0.3 compares the name components in a case-insensitive way, using String.compareToIgnoreCase(String). However it has the following inconvenient:

• Slightly slower than String.compareTo(String).
• Increase the inconsistency with equals(Object).
• May be more suprising to the developer (in particular, it causes AbstractName.compareTo(String) to be also case-insensitive).
• Result in unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales anyway (we are supposed to use java.text.Collator instead).

We should revert to the more standard case-sensitive comparison.