org.mmbase.applications.media.filters
Class PreferenceSorter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<URLComposer>, Filter

Direct Known Subclasses:

AvailableSorter, ClientFormatSorter, FieldValueSorter, NodeTypeSorter, RealSorter.ChannelsSorter, RealSorter.RealFormatSorter, RealSorter.SpeedSorter, ServerDimensionSorter, ServerFormatSorter

public abstract class PreferenceSorter
extends Sorter

Facilitates implementing Sorter by defining the 'preference' of one object. A preference is just an int. The higher, the better. Only for ease of implementation of descendants.

Author:

Michiel Meeuwissen

Constructor Summary

PreferenceSorter()

Method Summary

protected int	compareURLComposer(URLComposer o1, URLComposer o2) Implement this.
protected abstract int	getPreference(URLComposer o) Implement a preference for this URLComposer

Methods inherited from class org.mmbase.applications.media.filters.Sorter

compare, configure, filter

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

PreferenceSorter

public PreferenceSorter()

Method Detail

getPreference

protected abstract int getPreference(URLComposer o)

Implement a preference for this URLComposer

compareURLComposer

protected final int compareURLComposer(URLComposer o1,
                                       URLComposer o2)

Description copied from class: Sorter

Implement this.

Specified by:

compareURLComposer in class Sorter