I searched an archive of the list and the closest I have come to the problem I am having is this (which pretty much describes my problem):
http://www.mail-archive.com/displaytag-user@lists.sourceforge.net/msg06493.html http://www.mail-archive.com/displaytag-user@lists.sourceforge.net/msg06493.html Except I am not using the EL TLD. In short, I have written a compartor, I have set the comparator property for a column, but the compare() method is never being called. Here is what I have. The relevant part of the table: <jsp:root version="1.2" xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page"; xmlns:display="urn:jsptld:http://displaytag.sf.net"; xmlns:c="urn:jsptld:http://java.sun.com/jstl/core_rt";> <jsp:directive.page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <display:table name="contracts" id="row" uid="contract" defaultsort="1" defaultorder="descending" class="simple" requestURI="indexReport.htm?report=salesReport.htm"> <display:column property="startDate" sortable="true" headerClass="sortable" title="Contract Start" decorator="mypackage.displaytag.ContractStartDateWrapper" comparator="mypackage.displaytag.ContractStartDateComparator"/> >> more columns The comparator. public class ContractStartDateComparator extends DefaultComparator { private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(ContractStartDateComparator.class); public ContractStartDateComparator() { super(); LOG.debug(" >>>>>>>>>>>> constructor called! <<<<<<<<<<<"); } public int compare(Object objectLhs, Object objectRhs) { LOG.debug(" >>>>>>>>>>>> lhs = " + objectLhs + " rhs " + objectRhs); // return some int from compare logic here. } Although I am seeing log statements from my decorator, I see no log statements from the compare method of my comparator when display the table or when I click on the column to change the order. The constructor is being called because I get a log statement from it, but not the compare method. I haven't spelunked into the DisplayTag code yet - I was hoping that there was something obvious to the list about what I am doing wrong because I have seen where other people referenced using custom comparators and therefore *somebody* got them to work. Right? Just a thought - the decorator is called before the comparator - right? Because I am decorating a date property that can be null - if it is null I return "ASAP", if not null I return the date as a string. Any help appreciated. I found this very late in a dev cycle too late because the default sort order was what I was expecting and my unit tests worked fine with the comparator itself, but now the req is that the sort order be reversed and I am unable to comply. Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ displaytag-user mailing list displaytag-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/displaytag-user
