protected Boolean compareList ( // was BooleanValue ArrayList firstList , Object val1 , boolean lessThan , boolean permissive , boolean overallTrue ) // If true we are searching for at least one TRUE result, else at least one FALSE. { if ( tc . isAnyTracingEnabled ( ) && tc . isEntryEnabled ( ) ) tc . entry ( cclass , "compareList" , new Object [ ] { firstList , val1 , new Boolean ( lessThan ) , new Boolean ( permissive ) , new Boolean ( overallTrue ) } ) ; Boolean finalReturn = null ; if ( tc . isAnyTracingEnabled ( ) && tc . isEntryEnabled ( ) ) tc . exit ( cclass , "compareList" , finalReturn ) ; return finalReturn ; }
An implementation of this method is provided in the derived XPath class . In the parent class it merely returns null .