<Type Name="Comparison&lt;T&gt;" FullName="System.Comparison&lt;T&gt;">
  <TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public delegate int Comparison&lt;in T&gt;(T x, T y);" />
  <AssemblyInfo>
    <AssemblyName>mscorlib</AssemblyName>
    <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
    <AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
  </AssemblyInfo>
  <TypeParameters>
    <TypeParameter Name="T">
      <Constraints>
        <ParameterAttribute>Contravariant</ParameterAttribute>
      </Constraints>
    </TypeParameter>
  </TypeParameters>
  <Base>
    <BaseTypeName>System.Delegate</BaseTypeName>
  </Base>
  <Parameters>
    <Parameter Name="x" Type="T" />
    <Parameter Name="y" Type="T" />
  </Parameters>
  <ReturnValue>
    <ReturnType>System.Int32</ReturnType>
  </ReturnValue>
  <Docs>
    <typeparam name="T">To be added.</typeparam>
    <param name="x">The first object to compare.</param>
    <param name="y">The second object to compare.</param>
    <summary>
      <para>Represents the method that compares two objects of the same type.</para>
    </summary>
    <value>
      <para>A <see cref="T:System.Int32" /> containing a value that reflects the sort order of the objects.</para>
      <list type="table">
        <listheader>
          <term>Value</term>
          <description>Condition</description>
        </listheader>
        <item>
          <term>Less than zero</term>
          <description>
            <paramref name="x" /> is less than <paramref name="y" />.</description>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>Zero
   </term>
          <description>
            <paramref name="x" /> equals <paramref name="y" />.</description>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>Greater than zero</term>
          <description>
            <paramref name="x" /> is greater than <paramref name="y" />.</description>
        </item>
      </list>
    </value>
    <value>
      <para>A <see cref="T:System.Int32" /> containing a value that reflects the sort order of the objects.</para>
      <list type="table">
        <listheader>
          <term>Value</term>
          <description>Condition</description>
        </listheader>
        <item>
          <term>Less than zero</term>
          <description>
            <paramref name="x" /> is less than <paramref name="y" />.</description>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>Zero
   </term>
          <description>
            <paramref name="x" /> equals <paramref name="y" />.</description>
        </item>
        <item>
          <term>Greater than zero</term>
          <description>
            <paramref name="x" /> is greater than <paramref name="y" />.</description>
        </item>
      </list>
    </value>
    <value>To be added.</value>
    <remarks>
      <block subset="none" type="note">
        <para>This delegate is used by the method <see cref="M:System.Array.Sort(T[], Comparison&lt;T&gt;)" /><see langword="(T[], Comparison&lt;T&gt;)" />, and in <see cref="T:System.Collections.Generic.List&lt;T&gt; " />to sort the elements of the collection.</para>
      </block>
    </remarks>
    <since version=".NET 2.0" />
  </Docs>
</Type>
