br.com.arsmachina.dao

Class SortCriterion

java.lang.Object

br.com.arsmachina.dao.SortCriterion

public class SortCriterion
extends Object

Used to represent a sorting criterion (constraint) to be applied to a method that returns objects.

Author:

Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SortCriterion(String property) Creates an ascending sort criterion.
SortCriterion(String property, boolean ascending) Constructor that receives a property name and a sort indicator.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getProperty()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isAscending()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SortCriterion

public SortCriterion(String property)

Creates an ascending sort criterion. The same as SortCriterion(property, true).

Parameters:

property -

SortCriterion

public SortCriterion(String property,
             boolean ascending)

Constructor that receives a property name and a sort indicator.

Parameters:

property - a String containing the property to be used to sort the returned objects. It can be a property path. It cannot be null.

ascending - a boolean telling if the sorting will be ascending or descending.

Method Detail

getProperty

public String getProperty()

Returns:

a String.

isAscending

public boolean isAscending()

Returns:

a boolean.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)