Package com.aquima.interactions.profile.model

Class InstanceComparator

java.lang.Object

com.aquima.interactions.profile.model.InstanceComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<IEntityInstance>

public class InstanceComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<IEntityInstance>

This class is used to sort the instances from a context expression.

Since:

6.0

Author:

O. Kerpershoek

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
InstanceComparator()	Constructs a default instance comparator that sorts the instances ascending on sequence number.
InstanceComparator(String sortAttribute, boolean sortAscending)	Constructs the instance comparator with the name of the attribute the instances should be sorted on.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(IEntityInstance first, IEntityInstance second)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Details

InstanceComparator

public InstanceComparator()

Constructs a default instance comparator that sorts the instances ascending on sequence number. The oldest instance (lowest sequence number) will be first.

InstanceComparator

public InstanceComparator(String sortAttribute,
 boolean sortAscending)

Constructs the instance comparator with the name of the attribute the instances should be sorted on.

Parameters:

sortAttribute - The name of the attribute that should be used to sort the instances on.

sortAscending - Boolean indicating if the instances should be sorted ascending (true) or descending (false).

Method Details

compare

public int compare(IEntityInstance first,
 IEntityInstance second)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<IEntityInstance>