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

scope

public String scope

Deprecated

The property scope name.

property

public String property

Deprecated

The property name to sort on.

isAscending

public boolean isAscending

Deprecated

The ascending or descending order.

Constructor Detail

SortCriteria

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

Deprecated

Constructor.

SortCriteria

public SortCriteria(String property,
                    boolean isAscending)

Deprecated

Constructor.

SortCriteria

public SortCriteria(String property)

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.

Overrides:

toString in class Object