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I want to match two strings with Unicode encoding in Java. I want to match something like: 

"asdfeo"
"ásdfeó"

How can I return 0 in the compareTo() method?

EDIT:

When I type a string into an autocomplete view without diacritics (for some reason I don't have the keyboard to write those diacritics), I want to see between the autocomplete suggestions the objects with diacritics. That is why I want to overwrite the compareTo() method.

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  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/249087/how-do-i-remove-diacritics-accents-from-a-string-in-net – Anders Lindahl May 02 '12 at 09:19
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    @bicska88: What do you want to achieve with this? – Aaron Digulla May 02 '12 at 09:22
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    What Aaron is asking is *the most important question* here. There are several ways to (kind-of) do what you ask and which one to choose depends on what *exactly* you try to achieve with this. The diacritics are not just "funny things that hang on characters", they actually *matter* in most languages where they are used. Sometimes *a lot*. Removing/ignoring them is *usually* not the best choice. – Joachim Sauer May 02 '12 at 09:24
  • @JoachimSauer there you have the motivation, Mister. – overbet13 May 02 '12 at 09:30
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    @bicska88: that's a good reason. Don't get me wrong: I don't try to "police" this issue, it's just that different motivations might require different solutions (and some might even require an entirely different approach). – Joachim Sauer May 02 '12 at 09:31
  • @JoachimSauer exactly. Please don't get me wrong either. – overbet13 May 02 '12 at 09:34

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What you are looking for is the Collator API.

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