ypes: a is less than b</li><li>String: a is lexicographically less than b</li><li>Other: unspecified</li></ul>
<p>If <code>a</code> and <code>b</code> are null, the result is 0. If only one of them is null,
the result is unspecified.</p></div></div><div class="field "><a name="compareMethods"></a><h3><p><code><span class="label">static</span><a href="#compareMethods"><span class="identifier">compareMethods</span></a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap">f1:<a class="type" title="Dynamic is a special type which