Package com.aquima.interactions.profile.model

Class InstanceReferenceComparator

java.lang.Object

com.aquima.interactions.profile.model.InstanceReferenceComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<IPrimitiveValue>

public class InstanceReferenceComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<IPrimitiveValue>

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

Since:

8.3

Author:

Jon van Leuven

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
InstanceReferenceComparator(IProfile profile)	Constructs a default instance comparator that sorts the instances ascending on sequence number.
InstanceReferenceComparator(IProfile profile, 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(IPrimitiveValue first, IPrimitiveValue 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

InstanceReferenceComparator

public InstanceReferenceComparator(IProfile profile)

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

Parameters:

profile - The profile that contains the values used for sorting.

InstanceReferenceComparator

public InstanceReferenceComparator(IProfile profile,
 String sortAttribute,
 boolean sortAscending)

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

Parameters:

profile - The profile that contains the values used for sorting.

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(IPrimitiveValue first,
 IPrimitiveValue second)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<IPrimitiveValue>