com.adventnet.beans.utilbeans
Interface SortInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

SortTableModel

public interface SortInterface

This interface must be implemented by any DataModel , which needs to be sorted using the Sort class

Version:

1.0

Author:

See Also:

SortTableModel, com.adventnet.beans.table.SortTable, Sort

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	elementAt(int index) Returns the object at index.
boolean	lt(java.lang.Object first, java.lang.Object second) Returns true if first < second.
void	sort(int sortColumn, boolean ascending) Sorts the column
void	swap(int i, int j) Exchanges the data at indeces i and j.

Method Detail

elementAt

public java.lang.Object elementAt(int index)

Returns the object at index.

Parameters:

index - The index value in the form of Integer.

Returns:

'Object'

swap

public void swap(int i,
                 int j)

Exchanges the data at indeces i and j.

Parameters:

i - The first element to be swapped.

j - The second element to be swapped.

lt

public boolean lt(java.lang.Object first,
                  java.lang.Object second)

Returns true if first < second.

Parameters:

first - The first object for validating.

second - The second object for validating.

Returns:

'boolean'

sort

public void sort(int sortColumn,
                 boolean ascending)

Sorts the column

Parameters:

sortColumn - The column position in the form of Integer

ascending - true,if the element is to be sorted.