com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.javabean

Class ComparingPropertySorter

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.javabean.ComparingPropertySorter

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertySorter

public class ComparingPropertySorter
extends java.lang.Object
implements PropertySorter

A sorter that uses a comparator to determine the order of the bean properties.

Since:

1.4

Author:

Jörg Schaible

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ComparingPropertySorter(java.util.Comparator propertyNameComparator)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Map	sort(java.lang.Class type, java.util.Map nameMap) Sort the properties of a bean type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ComparingPropertySorter

public ComparingPropertySorter(java.util.Comparator propertyNameComparator)

Method Detail

sort

public java.util.Map sort(java.lang.Class type,
                          java.util.Map nameMap)

Description copied from interface: PropertySorter

Sort the properties of a bean type. The method will be called with the class type that contains all the properties and a Map that retains the order in which the elements have been added. The sequence in which elements are returned by an iterator defines the processing order of the properties. An implementation may create a different Map with similar semantic, add all elements of the original map and return the new one.

Specified by:

sort in interface PropertySorter

Parameters:

type - the bean class that contains all the properties

nameMap - the map to sort, key is the property name, value the PropertyDescriptor

Returns:

the sorted nameMap