OrderExpression (olingo-odata2-api 3.0.0-SP.21 API)

All Superinterfaces:

CommonExpression, Visitable
```
public interface OrderExpression
extends CommonExpression
```
Represents a order expression in the expression tree

A order expression node is inserted in the expression tree for any valid OData order. For example for "$orderby=age desc, name asc" two order expression node will be inserted into the expression tree

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  CommonExpression getExpression()
  
  SortOrder getSortOrder()
  - 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 Detail
  - getSortOrder
```
SortOrder getSortOrder()
```
    Returns:
    
    Returns the sort order (ascending or descending) of the order expression
  - getExpression
```
CommonExpression getExpression()
```
    Returns:
    
    Returns the expression node which defines the data used to order the output send back to the client. In the simplest case this would be a PropertyExpression.
    
    See Also:
    
    CommonExpression