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Interface Order

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface Order
extends Serializable

Order a field.

Author:

Abe White

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	ELEMENT Token denoting to order by the element value.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Comparator	getComparator() Return a comparator for ordering by this element, or null if the ordering is done in the datastore.
String	getName() Return the name of the orderable.
boolean	isAscending() Order direction.

Field Detail

ELEMENT

static final String ELEMENT

Token denoting to order by the element value.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Return the name of the orderable.

isAscending

boolean isAscending()

Order direction.

getComparator

Comparator getComparator()

Return a comparator for ordering by this element, or null if the ordering is done in the datastore.