com.itmill.toolkit.data
Interface Container.Sortable

All Superinterfaces:

Container, Container.Ordered

All Known Implementing Classes:

HierarchicalContainer, IndexedContainer, Table

Enclosing interface:

Container

public static interface Container.Sortable
extends Container.Ordered

Interface for Container classes whose Items can be sorted.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.itmill.toolkit.data.Container

Container.Editor, Container.Filterable, Container.Hierarchical, Container.Indexed, Container.ItemSetChangeEvent, Container.ItemSetChangeListener, Container.ItemSetChangeNotifier, Container.Ordered, Container.PropertySetChangeEvent, Container.PropertySetChangeListener, Container.PropertySetChangeNotifier, Container.Sortable, Container.Viewer

Method Summary

Collection	getSortableContainerPropertyIds() Gets the container property IDs, which can be used to sort the item.
void	sort(Object[] propertyId, boolean[] ascending) Sort method.

Methods inherited from interface com.itmill.toolkit.data.Container.Ordered

addItemAfter, addItemAfter, firstItemId, isFirstId, isLastId, lastItemId, nextItemId, prevItemId

Methods inherited from interface com.itmill.toolkit.data.Container

addContainerProperty, addItem, addItem, containsId, getContainerProperty, getContainerPropertyIds, getItem, getItemIds, getType, removeAllItems, removeContainerProperty, removeItem, size

Method Detail

sort

void sort(Object[] propertyId,
          boolean[] ascending)

Sort method. Sorts the container items.

Parameters:

propertyId - Array of container property IDs, which values are used to sort the items in container as primary, secondary, ... sorting criterion. All of the item IDs must be in the collection returned by getSortableContainerPropertyIds

ascending - Array of sorting order flags corresponding to each property ID used in sorting. If this array is shorter than propertyId array, ascending order is assumed for items where the order is not specified. Use true to sort in ascending order, false to use descending order.

getSortableContainerPropertyIds

Collection getSortableContainerPropertyIds()

Gets the container property IDs, which can be used to sort the item.

Returns:

The sortable field ids.