org.mmbase.applications.media.filters
Class Sorter

java.lang.Object
  org.mmbase.applications.media.filters.Sorter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator, Filter

Direct Known Subclasses:

ChainSorter, PreferenceSorter

public abstract class Sorter

extends Object

implements Comparator, Filter

Implements a Filter as a Comparator. That means that it only sorts, and the implementation is done by calling Collections.sort. You can be sure that no URLComposers are removed during the filter process.

Author:

Michiel Meeuwissen

Constructor Summary

Sorter()

Method Summary

int	compare(Object o1, Object o2)
protected abstract int	compareURLComposer(URLComposer o1, URLComposer o2) Implement this.
void	configure(DocumentReader reader, Element e)
List	filter(List urlcomposers)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

equals

Constructor Detail

Sorter

public Sorter()

Method Detail

compareURLComposer

protected abstract int compareURLComposer(URLComposer o1,
                                          URLComposer o2)

Implement this.

configure

public void configure(DocumentReader reader,
                      Element e)

Specified by:

configure in interface Filter

compare

public final int compare(Object o1,
                         Object o2)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator

filter

public final List filter(List urlcomposers)

Specified by:

filter in interface Filter