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29 namespace System
.Linq
{
31 abstract class SortContext
<TElement
> {
33 protected SortDirection direction
;
34 protected SortContext
<TElement
> child_context
;
36 protected SortContext (SortDirection direction
, SortContext
<TElement
> child_context
)
38 this.direction
= direction
;
39 this.child_context
= child_context
;
42 public abstract void Initialize (TElement
[] elements
);
44 public abstract int Compare (int first_index
, int second_index
);