excelExporter.excelParser

Class SortOrder

java.lang.Object

excelExporter.excelParser.SortOrder

public class SortOrder
extends java.lang.Object

The sort orders, which can be applied to the elements of the data model as an enumeration.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static interface	SortOrder.Comparator<T> This is an extension of the Java class Comparator, which provides access to the sort order, which is implemented by the comparator object.
static class	SortOrder.Order An enumeration describing the supported sorting of objects in the data model.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SortOrder()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	compare(java.lang.String a, java.lang.String b, SortOrder.Order sortOrder) Compare two String objects with given sort order.
static SortOrder.Comparator<java.lang.String>	createComparatorString(SortOrder.Order sortOrder) A comparator for sorting String objects is created and returned.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SortOrder

public SortOrder()

Method Detail

compare

public static int compare(java.lang.String a,
                          java.lang.String b,
                          SortOrder.Order sortOrder)

Compare two String objects with given sort order.

Parameters:

a - The first operand.

b - The second operand.

sortOrder - The sort order to apply.

Returns:

Get the comparison result as compatible with Java's Collections.sort(java.util.List<T>).

createComparatorString

public static SortOrder.Comparator<java.lang.String> createComparatorString(SortOrder.Order sortOrder)

A comparator for sorting String objects is created and returned.

Parameters:

sortOrder - The comparator will support the given sort order. The following sort orders are supported:

• lexical: The case insensitive sort order of Java String
• ASCII: The natural sort order of Java String
• numerical: The String contents are interpreted as numbers and the numbers' values are compared. See SortOrder.Order for additional details.
• undefined: All compared elements will be treated as equal. Sorting will not change the order of elements

Returns:

Get a temporary comparator object as usable with the Java Collections class.