org.ejtools.beans
Class Sort

java.lang.Object
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public class Sort

extends java.lang.Object

Utility class that provides different kind of sort strategies for Iterator.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Laurent Etiemble

Method Summary

static java.util.Iterator	getChildrenByClass(java.util.Iterator iterator, java.lang.Class clazz) Extract the elements of the specified class from the Iterator.
static java.util.Iterator	sortByClass(java.util.Iterator iterator) Sort the iterator by class name
static java.util.Iterator	sortByClassAndName(java.util.Iterator iterator) Sort the iterator by class name and by toString method
static java.util.Iterator	sortByName(java.util.Iterator iterator) Sort the iterator by toString method
static java.util.Iterator	sortByProperty(java.util.Iterator iterator, java.lang.Class clazz, java.lang.String propertyName) Sort and iterator of JavaBeans by comparing the given property

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getChildrenByClass

public static java.util.Iterator getChildrenByClass(java.util.Iterator iterator,
                                                    java.lang.Class clazz)

Extract the elements of the specified class from the Iterator.

Parameters:

iterator - Iterator to scan

clazz - Class used for the extraction

Returns:

The elements of the specified class

sortByClass

public static java.util.Iterator sortByClass(java.util.Iterator iterator)

Sort the iterator by class name

Parameters:

iterator - Iterator to sort

Returns:

The iterator sorted

sortByClassAndName

public static java.util.Iterator sortByClassAndName(java.util.Iterator iterator)

Sort the iterator by class name and by toString method

Parameters:

iterator - Iterator to sort

Returns:

The iterator sorted

sortByName

public static java.util.Iterator sortByName(java.util.Iterator iterator)

Sort the iterator by toString method

Parameters:

iterator - Iterator to sort

Returns:

The iterator sorted

sortByProperty

public static java.util.Iterator sortByProperty(java.util.Iterator iterator,
                                                java.lang.Class clazz,
                                                java.lang.String propertyName)

Sort and iterator of JavaBeans by comparing the given property

Parameters:

iterator - Iterator to sort

clazz - The class of the JavaBean

propertyName - The property used for sorting

Returns:

The iterator sorted