Package ubic.gemma.persistence.util

Class Sort

java.lang.Object

ubic.gemma.persistence.util.Sort

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyMapping

public class Sort
extends Object
implements PropertyMapping

Represents a directed sort by a property.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	Sort.Direction	Direction of the sort.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Sort	andThen(Sort andThen)	Add a next sort.
static Sort	by(String alias, String propertyName, Sort.Direction direction)	Create a sort without an original property.
static Sort	by(String alias, String propertyName, Sort.Direction direction, String originalProperty)	Create a Sort for a given alias, property and direction.
String	toOriginalString()	Render this with its original property.
String	toString()	Render this with its PropertyMapping.getObjectAlias() and PropertyMapping.getPropertyName().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface ubic.gemma.persistence.util.PropertyMapping

getObjectAlias, getOriginalProperty, getPropertyName

Method Detail

by

public static Sort by(@Nullable
                      String alias,
                      String propertyName,
                      @Nullable
                      Sort.Direction direction,
                      String originalProperty)

Create a Sort for a given alias, property and direction.

Parameters:

alias - an alias in the query, or null to refer to the root entity (not recommended though, since this could result in an ambiguous query)

propertyName - a property of objectAlias to order by

direction - a direction, or null for default

originalProperty - an original property name for rendering via toOriginalString()

by

public static Sort by(@Nullable
                      String alias,
                      String propertyName,
                      @Nullable
                      Sort.Direction direction)

Create a sort without an original property.

See Also:

by(String, String, Direction)

andThen

public Sort andThen(Sort andThen)

Add a next sort.

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from interface: PropertyMapping

Render this with its PropertyMapping.getObjectAlias() and PropertyMapping.getPropertyName().

Specified by:

toString in interface PropertyMapping

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toOriginalString

public String toOriginalString()

Description copied from interface: PropertyMapping

Render this with its original property.

If no original property are attached to this mapping, this method should return the same as PropertyMapping.toString().

Specified by:

toOriginalString in interface PropertyMapping