thanks for the post mike. good stuff.
> public enum Direction/SortOrder {
> ASCENDING, ASCENDING_INSENSITIVE, DESCENDING, DESCENDING_INSENSITIVE
> }
just a thought
are these actually something like 'collation functions'
ie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collation#Collation_systems
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/collating
maybe something like :-?
~~
public Ordering(String pathSpec, Collator collator) {...}
~~
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Michael Gentry <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've started looking into this. How about calling the sorting
> direction enum Direction or SortOrder instead of Order? (I can see
> people using an ORM having an Order class already, which might be a
> bit confusing ... sorting your Orders by an Order ...) With the
> change, you'd end up with a constructor something like:
>
> public Ordering(String sortPathSpec, Direction/SortOrder sortingDirection)
> {...}
>
> I think we should fix the case sensitive flag while we are at it.
> Thoughts on the name for that one? Here is the constructor ...
>
> public Ordering(String sortPathSpec, Direction/SortOrder
> sortingDirection, boolean caseInsensitive) {...}
>
> One option is to make the Direction/SortOrder enum look something like:
>
> public enum Direction/SortOrder {
> ASCENDING, ASCENDING_INSENSITIVE, DESCENDING, DESCENDING_INSENSITIVE
> }
>
> Then you don't need the third parameter.
>
> Thanks,
>
> mrg
>
