org.mmbase.applications.media.filters
Class Sorter

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<URLComposer>, Filter

Direct Known Subclasses:

ChainSorter, PreferenceSorter

public abstract class Sorter
extends Object
implements Comparator<URLComposer>, 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(URLComposer ri1, URLComposer ri2)
protected abstract int	compareURLComposer(URLComposer o1, URLComposer o2) Implement this.
void	configure(DocumentReader reader, Element e) Configure with setters on default
List<URLComposer>	filter(List<URLComposer> 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)

Configure with setters on default

Specified by:

configure in interface Filter

compare

public final int compare(URLComposer ri1,
                         URLComposer ri2)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<URLComposer>

filter

public final List<URLComposer> filter(List<URLComposer> urlcomposers)

Specified by:

filter in interface Filter