com.blazebit.persistence.view

Class Sorters

java.lang.Object

com.blazebit.persistence.view.Sorters

public final class Sorters
extends Object

A utility class that provides methods to create standard sorters.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Christian Beikov

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Sorter	ascending() Like ascending(boolean) but with nullsFirst set to false.
static Sorter	ascending(boolean nullsFirst) Like sorter(boolean, boolean) but with ascending set to true.
static Sorter	descending() Like descending(boolean) but with nullsFirst set to false.
static Sorter	descending(boolean nullsFirst) Like sorter(boolean, boolean) but with ascending set to false.
static Sorter	sorter(boolean ascending, boolean nullsFirst) Creates and returns a new Sorter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

sorter

public static Sorter sorter(boolean ascending,
                            boolean nullsFirst)

Creates and returns a new Sorter. The sorter has the following properties

• sorts ascending if the flag ascending is true, descending otherwise
• sorts nulls first is the flag nullsFirst is ture, nulls last otherwise

Parameters:

ascending - If true sorts ascending, otherwise descending

nullsFirst - If true sorts nulls first, otherwise nulls last

Returns:

A new sorter

ascending

public static Sorter ascending(boolean nullsFirst)

Like sorter(boolean, boolean) but with ascending set to true.

Parameters:

nullsFirst - If true sorts nulls first, otherwise nulls last

Returns:

A new sorter

descending

public static Sorter descending(boolean nullsFirst)

Like sorter(boolean, boolean) but with ascending set to false.

Parameters:

nullsFirst - If true sorts nulls first, otherwise nulls last

Returns:

A new sorter

ascending

public static Sorter ascending()

Like ascending(boolean) but with nullsFirst set to false.

Returns:

A new sorter

descending

public static Sorter descending()

Like descending(boolean) but with nullsFirst set to false.

Returns:

A new sorter