1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/hitfield/RawBase64.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/hitfield/RawBase64.java
index 87b073b98c5..2071e43f54c 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/hitfield/RawBase64.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/hitfield/RawBase64.java
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 // Copyright Yahoo. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
 package com.yahoo.prelude.hitfield;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Base64;
 
 /**
  * @author baldersheim
  */
-public class RawBase64 {
+public class RawBase64 implements Comparable<RawBase64> {
     private final byte[] content;
     public RawBase64(byte[] content) {
         this.content = content;
     }
 
     @Override
+    public int compareTo(RawBase64 rhs) {
+        return Arrays.compareUnsigned(content, rhs.content);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public String toString() {
         return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(content);
     }