com.bea.p13n.content.expression
Class ContentComparator

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.bea.p13n.content.expression.ContentComparator

public class ContentComparator

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.util.Comparator

A comparator which can sort Content objects.

This will not be very fast since the comparision is done in Java. Try to do sorting in the database.

Field Summary

protected SortCriteria[]

criteria The SortCriteria this uses.

Constructor Summary

ContentComparator(SortCriteria[] criteria)
Constructor.

ContentComparator(java.lang.String sortBy)
Constructor.

Method Summary

int	compare(java.lang.Object obj1, java.lang.Object obj2) Compare two Content objects based upon the sorting criteria.
java.lang.String	toString() Get a string representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

criteria

protected SortCriteria[] criteria

The SortCriteria this uses.

Constructor Detail

ContentComparator

public ContentComparator(SortCriteria[] criteria)

Constructor.

ContentComparator

public ContentComparator(java.lang.String sortBy)
                  throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Constructor.

Parameters:

sortBy - the sort by string to use

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - on invlaid sortBy clause

See Also:

SortCriteria.getSortCriteria(java.lang.String)

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(java.lang.Object obj1,
                   java.lang.Object obj2)
            throws java.lang.ClassCastException

Compare two Content objects based upon the sorting criteria.

Specified by:

compare in interface java.util.Comparator

Parameters:

obj1 - the first object.

obj2 - the second object.

Returns:

-1 if obj1 less than obj2, 0 if equals, 1 if greater than.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - thrown if either obj1 or obj2 is not a Content.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Get a string representation.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object