Package org.eclipse.jdt.ui

Class JavaElementComparator

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator

org.eclipse.jdt.ui.JavaElementComparator

public class JavaElementComparator
extends ViewerComparator

Viewer comparator for Java elements. Ordered by element category, then by element name. Package fragment roots are either sorted as ordered on the classpath, or by their name.

This class may be instantiated; it is not intended to be subclassed.

Since:

3.3

Restriction:

This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JavaElementComparator()	Constructor.
JavaElementComparator(boolean sortPFRByName)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	category(Object element)
int	compare(Viewer viewer, Object e1, Object e2)

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator

getComparator, isSorterProperty, sort

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

JavaElementComparator

public JavaElementComparator()

Constructor.

JavaElementComparator

public JavaElementComparator(boolean sortPFRByName)

Constructor.

Parameters:

sortPFRByName - When true IPackageFragmentRoots are sorted by name and not by their classpath order

Since:

3.14

Method Details

category

public int category(Object element)

Overrides:

category in class ViewerComparator

compare

public int compare(Viewer viewer,
 Object e1,
 Object e2)

Overrides:

compare in class ViewerComparator