com.bea.p13n.content.expression
Class ContentComparator

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator

public class ContentComparator

extends Object

implements 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 Deprecated. The SortCriteria this uses.

Constructor Summary

ContentComparator(SortCriteria[] criteria)
Deprecated. Constructor.

ContentComparator(String sortBy)
Deprecated. Constructor.

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Field Detail

criteria

protected SortCriteria[] criteria

Deprecated.

The SortCriteria this uses.

Constructor Detail

ContentComparator

public ContentComparator(SortCriteria[] criteria)

Deprecated.

Constructor.

ContentComparator

public ContentComparator(String sortBy)
                  throws IllegalArgumentException

Deprecated.

Constructor.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - on invlaid sortBy clause

See Also:

SortCriteria.getSortCriteria(java.lang.String)

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(Object obj1,
                   Object obj2)
            throws ClassCastException

Deprecated.

Compare two Content objects based upon the sorting criteria.

Specified by:

compare in interface 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:

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

toString

public String toString()

Deprecated.

Get a string representation.