br.com.arsmachina.dao
Class SortCriterion

java.lang.Object
  br.com.arsmachina.dao.SortCriterion

public class SortCriterion
extends Object

Used to represent a sorting criterion (constraint) to be applied to a method that returns objects.

Author:

Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo

Constructor Summary

SortCriterion(String property, boolean ascending)
Single constructor of this class.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getProperty()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isAscending()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SortCriterion

public SortCriterion(String property,
                     boolean ascending)

Single constructor of this class.

Parameters:

property - a String containing the property to be used to sort the returned objects. It can be a property path. It cannot be null.

ascending - a boolean telling if the sorting will be ascending or descending.

Method Detail

getProperty

public String getProperty()

Returns:

a String.

isAscending

public boolean isAscending()

Returns:

a boolean.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)