Package org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.uri.expression

Interface OrderByExpression

All Superinterfaces:

CommonExpression, Visitable

All Known Implementing Classes:

OrderByExpressionImpl

public interface OrderByExpression
extends CommonExpression

Represents a $orderby expression Used to define the root expression node in an $filter expression tree.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getExpressionString()
List<OrderExpression>	getOrders()
int	getOrdersCount()

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.uri.expression.CommonExpression

getEdmType, getKind, getUriLiteral, setEdmType

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.olingo.odata2.api.uri.expression.Visitable

accept

Method Details

getExpressionString

String getExpressionString()

Returns:

Returns the $filter expression string used to build the expression tree

getOrders

List<OrderExpression> getOrders()

Returns:

Returns a ordered list of order expressions contained in the $orderby expression string

For example: The orderby expression build from "$orderby=name asc, age desc" would contain to order expression.

getOrdersCount

int getOrdersCount()

Returns:

Returns the count of order expressions contained in the $orderby expression string