Package org.eclipse.ui.views.properties

Class PropertySheetSorter

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.PropertySheetSorter

public class PropertySheetSorter
extends Object

Class used by PropertySheetPage to sort properties.

The default implementation sorts alphabetically. Subclasses may overwrite to implement custom sorting.

Since:

3.1

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PropertySheetSorter()	Creates a new sorter, which uses the default collator to sort strings.
PropertySheetSorter(Collator collator)	Creates a new sorter, which uses the given collator to sort strings.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	compare(IPropertySheetEntry entryA, IPropertySheetEntry entryB)	Returns a negative, zero, or positive number depending on whether the first element is less than, equal to, or greater than the second element.
int	compareCategories(String categoryA, String categoryB)	Returns a negative, zero, or positive number depending on whether the first element is less than, equal to, or greater than the second element.
protected Collator	getCollator()	Returns the collator used to sort strings.
void	sort(IPropertySheetEntry[] entries)	Sorts the given elements in-place, modifying the given array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PropertySheetSorter

public PropertySheetSorter()

Creates a new sorter, which uses the default collator to sort strings.

PropertySheetSorter

public PropertySheetSorter(Collator collator)

Creates a new sorter, which uses the given collator to sort strings.

Parameters:

collator - the collator to use to sort strings

Method Details

compare

public int compare(IPropertySheetEntry entryA,
 IPropertySheetEntry entryB)

Returns a negative, zero, or positive number depending on whether the first element is less than, equal to, or greater than the second element.

The default implementation of this method uses the collator to compare the display names. Subclasses may override.

Parameters:

entryA - the first element

entryB - the second element

Returns:

a negative number if the first element is less than the second element; the value 0 if the first element is equal to the second element; and a positive number if the first element is greater than the second element

compareCategories

public int compareCategories(String categoryA,
 String categoryB)

Returns a negative, zero, or positive number depending on whether the first element is less than, equal to, or greater than the second element.

The default implementation of this method uses the collator to compare the strings. Subclasses may override.

Parameters:

categoryA - the first element

categoryB - the second element

Returns:

a negative number if the first element is less than the second element; the value 0 if the first element is equal to the second element; and a positive number if the first element is greater than the second element

getCollator

protected Collator getCollator()

Returns the collator used to sort strings.

Returns:

the collator used to sort strings

sort

public void sort(IPropertySheetEntry[] entries)

Sorts the given elements in-place, modifying the given array.

The default implementation of this method uses the java.util.Arrays#sort algorithm on the given array, calling compare to compare elements.

Subclasses may reimplement this method to provide a more optimized implementation.

Parameters:

entries - the elements to sort