﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><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);" /><TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public auto ansi sealed Comparison`1&lt;- T&gt; extends System.MulticastDelegate" /><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><returns><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></returns><returns><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></returns><returns>To be added.</returns><since version=".NET 2.0" /><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>This delegate is used by the <see cref="M:System.Array.Sort``1(``0[],System.Comparison{``0})" /> method overload of the <see cref="T:System.Array" /> class and the <see cref="M:System.Collections.Generic.List`1.Sort(System.Comparison{`0})" /> method overload of the <see cref="T:System.Collections.Generic.List`1" /> class to sort the elements of an array or list.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Represents the method that compares two objects of the same type.</para></summary></Docs></Type>