com.townleyenterprises.filter
Class PropertySorter

java.lang.Object
  com.townleyenterprises.common.PropertyProxy
      com.townleyenterprises.filter.PropertySorter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Comparator

public final class PropertySorter

extends PropertyProxy

implements java.util.Comparator

This class sorts Comparable objects and orders them based on the specified SortSpecifications.

Since:

2.0

Version:

$Id: PropertySorter.java,v 1.3 2004/07/28 10:33:58 atownley Exp $

Author:

Andrew S. Townley

Constructor Summary

PropertySorter(java.lang.Class klass, SortSpecification[] spec)
The constructor specifies the class of the objects to be sorted and the collation specifications to be used.

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object rhs, java.lang.Object lhs)

Methods inherited from class com.townleyenterprises.common.PropertyProxy

getPropertyValue, getSubjectClass

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

PropertySorter

public PropertySorter(java.lang.Class klass,
                      SortSpecification[] spec)

The constructor specifies the class of the objects to be sorted and the collation specifications to be used.

Parameters:

klass - the class of the objects to be sorted

spec - the sort specification

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object rhs,
                   java.lang.Object lhs)

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator