er.extensions.eof
Class ERXSortOrdering

java.lang.Object
  com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering
      er.extensions.eof.ERXSortOrdering

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOKeyValueArchiving, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding, java.io.Serializable

public class ERXSortOrdering
extends com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering

ERXSortOrdering is an EOSortOrdering subclass that provides support for chaining (like ERXKey).

Examples:

 Person.COMPANY.dot(Company.NAME).asc().then(Person.FIRST_NAME.desc())
 

See Also:

Serialized Form

Author:

mschrag

Nested Class Summary

static class

ERXSortOrdering.ERXSortOrderings ERXSortOrderings is an NSMutableArray that provides methods for chaining.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering

com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering._MultipleSortValueHolder, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering._MultipleValueComparator, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering._SingleSortValueHolder, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering._SingleValueComparator, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering._SortValueHolder, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering.Comparison, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering.ComparisonSupport

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding

com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._BigDecimalSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._BigIntegerSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._BooleanSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._ByteSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._CharacterSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._DateSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._DoubleSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._FloatSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._IntegerSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._LongSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._NumberSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._ShortSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding._StringSupport, com.webobjects.foundation.NSCoding.Support

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOKeyValueArchiving

com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOKeyValueArchiving._NullValueSupport, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOKeyValueArchiving._NumberSupport, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOKeyValueArchiving._TimestampSupport, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOKeyValueArchiving.Awaking, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOKeyValueArchiving.FinishInitialization, com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOKeyValueArchiving.Support

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering

_CLASS, CompareAscending, CompareCaseInsensitiveAscending, CompareCaseInsensitiveDescending, CompareDescending

Constructor Summary

ERXSortOrdering(ERXKey key, com.webobjects.foundation.NSSelector selector)
Constructs an ERXSortOrdering (see EOSortOrdering).

ERXSortOrdering(java.lang.String key, com.webobjects.foundation.NSSelector selector)
Constructs an ERXSortOrdering (see EOSortOrdering).

Method Summary

ERXSortOrdering.ERXSortOrderings	array() Returns this sort ordering as an array.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Provide the equals() method missing from EOSortOrder.
<T> void	sort(com.webobjects.foundation.NSMutableArray<T> array) Sorts the given array with this sort ordering.
<T> com.webobjects.foundation.NSArray<T>	sorted(com.webobjects.foundation.NSArray<T> array) Returns an array sorted with this sort ordering.
static ERXSortOrdering	sortOrderingWithKey(ERXKey key, com.webobjects.foundation.NSSelector selector) Constructs an ERXSortOrdering (see EOSortOrdering).
static ERXSortOrdering	sortOrderingWithKey(java.lang.String key, com.webobjects.foundation.NSSelector selector) Constructs an ERXSortOrdering (see EOSortOrdering).
ERXSortOrdering.ERXSortOrderings	then(com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering nextSortOrdering) Returns ERXSortOrderings with this sort ordering followed by the provided next sort ordering.

Methods inherited from class com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering

_operatorSelectorForString, classForCoder, decodeObject, decodeWithKeyValueUnarchiver, encodeWithCoder, encodeWithKeyValueArchiver, key, selector, sortArrayUsingKeyOrderArray, sortedArrayUsingKeyOrderArray, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ERXSortOrdering

public ERXSortOrdering(java.lang.String key,
                       com.webobjects.foundation.NSSelector selector)

Constructs an ERXSortOrdering (see EOSortOrdering).

Parameters:

key - the key to sort on

selector - the sort selector

ERXSortOrdering

public ERXSortOrdering(ERXKey key,
                       com.webobjects.foundation.NSSelector selector)

Constructs an ERXSortOrdering (see EOSortOrdering).

Parameters:

key - the key to sort on

selector - the sort selector

Method Detail

then

public ERXSortOrdering.ERXSortOrderings then(com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOSortOrdering nextSortOrdering)

Returns ERXSortOrderings with this sort ordering followed by the provided next sort ordering.

Parameters:

nextSortOrdering - the next sort ordering to chain to this

Returns:

an array of sort orderings

array

public ERXSortOrdering.ERXSortOrderings array()

Returns this sort ordering as an array.

Returns:

this sort ordering as an array

sorted

public <T> com.webobjects.foundation.NSArray<T> sorted(com.webobjects.foundation.NSArray<T> array)

Returns an array sorted with this sort ordering.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the array

Parameters:

array - the array to sort

Returns:

a sorted copy of the array

sort

public <T> void sort(com.webobjects.foundation.NSMutableArray<T> array)

Sorts the given array with this sort ordering.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the array

Parameters:

array - the array to sort

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Provide the equals() method missing from EOSortOrder.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the Object to compare to

Returns:

true if obj is an EOSortOrder with the same key and selector as this object

sortOrderingWithKey

public static ERXSortOrdering sortOrderingWithKey(java.lang.String key,
                                                  com.webobjects.foundation.NSSelector selector)

Constructs an ERXSortOrdering (see EOSortOrdering).

Parameters:

key - the key to sort on

selector - the sort selector

Returns:

a new ERXSortOrdering

sortOrderingWithKey

public static ERXSortOrdering sortOrderingWithKey(ERXKey key,
                                                  com.webobjects.foundation.NSSelector selector)

Constructs an ERXSortOrdering (see EOSortOrdering).

Parameters:

key - the key to sort on

selector - the sort selector

Returns:

a new ERXSortOrdering