Hi,
You can create "sortByVersions" extension method as well:
http://mrhaki.blogspot.com.ee/2013/01/groovy-goodness-adding-extra-methods.html
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 6:44 PM Søren Berg Glasius (GR8Conf EU) <
sbglas...@gr8conf.org> wrote:
> Hi
>
> You can define it in a class as a static closure
>
>
> class Sorters {
> static compareVersions = { a,b ->
> return getVersion(a).toInteger() <=> getVersion(b).toInteger()
> }
> }
>
> and use it like:
>
> list.sort(Sorters.compareVersions)
>
> Best regards,
> Søren Berg Glasius
> GR8Conf Europe organizing team
>
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> From: Guy Matz <guym...@gmail.com> <guym...@gmail.com>
> Reply: users@groovy.apache.org <users@groovy.apache.org>
> <users@groovy.apache.org>
> Date: May 16, 2016 at 17:42:21
> To: users@groovy.apache.org <users@groovy.apache.org>
> <users@groovy.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: re-using a comparison closure
>
> Thanks! Now, I have a number of methods that need access to that closure
> . . . Can I make the closure global? Is there a better way?
>
> Thanks again,
> Guy
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Søren Berg Glasius (GR8Conf EU) <
> sbglas...@gr8conf.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guy
>>
>> Just assign the variable
>>
>> def comapreVersions = { a,b ->
>> return getVersion(a).toInteger() <=> getVersion(b).toInteger()
>> }
>>
>> and then use it in your sort:
>>
>>
>> list.sort(compareVersions)
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Søren Berg Glasius
>> GR8Conf Europe organizing team
>>
>> GR8Conf ApS
>> Mobile: +45 40 44 91 88, Web: www.gr8conf.eu, Skype: sbglasius
>> Company Address: Buchwaldsgade 50, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
>> Personal Address: Hedevej 1, Gl. Rye, 8680 Ry, Denmark
>> --- GR8Conf - Dedicated to the Groovy Ecosystem
>>
>> From: Guy Matz <guym...@gmail.com> <guym...@gmail.com>
>> Reply: users@groovy.apache.org <users@groovy.apache.org>
>> <users@groovy.apache.org>
>> Date: May 16, 2016 at 17:28:34
>> To: users@groovy.apache.org <users@groovy.apache.org>
>> <users@groovy.apache.org>
>> Subject: re-using a comparison closure
>>
>> Hi!
>> I have to sort a list of strings based on a number within the string . .
>> . I am able to sort using something like:
>> list.sort( { a,b -> getVersion(a) <=> getVersion(b)})
>>
>> I need to use this in a bunch of places in my code and was hoping to
>> replace it with a method, like:
>> list.sort( compareVersions)
>>
>> with compareVersions:
>> def compareVersions(a, b) {
>> return getVersion(a).toInteger() <=> getVersion(b).toInteger()
>> }
>>
>> putting the method (compoareVersions) into the sort as a param doesn't
>> work. Anyone know what I'm missing?
>>
>> Thanks!!
>> Guy
>>
>>
>
