com.beasys.commerce.foundation.expression
Class SortCriteria

java.lang.Object
  com.beasys.commerce.foundation.expression.SortCriteria

Deprecated. Use SortCriteria instead.

public class SortCriteria

extends Object

A little class which handles the sortBy part of a Search.

This object represents a single sort criteria, which is a property name and an ascending/descending flag. The class provides a utility method to parse a sortBy string into an array of SortCriteria.

Field Summary

boolean	isAscending Deprecated. The ascending or descending order.
String	property Deprecated. The property name to sort on.
String	scope Deprecated. The property scope name.

Constructor Summary

SortCriteria(String property)
Deprecated. Constructor.

SortCriteria(String property, boolean isAscending)
Deprecated. Constructor.

SortCriteria(String scope, String property, boolean isAscending)
Deprecated. Constructor.

Method Summary

static SortCriteria[]	getSortCriteria(String sortBy) Deprecated. Parse the given sort string and return an array of SortCriteria.
String	toString() Deprecated. Convert to a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

isAscending

public boolean isAscending

Deprecated.

The ascending or descending order.

property

public String property

Deprecated.

The property name to sort on.

scope

public String scope

Deprecated.

The property scope name.

Constructor Detail

SortCriteria

public SortCriteria(String property)

Deprecated.

Constructor.

SortCriteria

public SortCriteria(String property,
                    boolean isAscending)

Deprecated.

Constructor.

SortCriteria

public SortCriteria(String scope,
                    String property,
                    boolean isAscending)

Deprecated.

Constructor.

Method Detail

getSortCriteria

public static SortCriteria[] getSortCriteria(String sortBy)
                                      throws IllegalArgumentException

Deprecated.

Parse the given sort string and return an array of SortCriteria.

Parameters:

sortBy - the sort string (e.g. "identifier ASC, creationDate DESC").

Returns:

the array of SortCriteria.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - thrown on an invalid sortBy string.

toString

public String toString()

Deprecated.

Convert to a string.