dk.eobjects.metamodel.query
Class OrderByItem

java.lang.Object
  dk.eobjects.metamodel.query.OrderByItem

All Implemented Interfaces:

IQueryItem, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class OrderByItem
extends java.lang.Object
implements IQueryItem, java.lang.Cloneable

Represents an ORDER BY item. An OrderByItem sorts the resulting DataSet according to a SelectItem that may or may not be a part of the query already.

See Also:

OrderByClause, SelectItem, Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

OrderByItem.Direction

Constructor Summary

OrderByItem(SelectItem selectItem)
Creates an ascending OrderByItem

OrderByItem(SelectItem selectItem, boolean ascending)
Deprecated. user OrderByItem(SelectItem, Direction) instead

OrderByItem(SelectItem selectItem, OrderByItem.Direction direction)
Creates an OrderByItem

Method Summary

protected OrderByItem	clone()
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
OrderByItem.Direction	getDirection()
Query	getQuery()
SelectItem	getSelectItem()
boolean	isAscending()
boolean	isDescending()
OrderByItem	setDirection(OrderByItem.Direction direction)
OrderByItem	setQuery(Query query)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OrderByItem

public OrderByItem(SelectItem selectItem,
                   OrderByItem.Direction direction)

Creates an OrderByItem

Parameters:

selectItem - the select item to order

direction - the direction to order the select item

OrderByItem

@Deprecated
public OrderByItem(SelectItem selectItem,
                              boolean ascending)

Deprecated. user OrderByItem(SelectItem, Direction) instead

Creates an OrderByItem

Parameters:

selectItem -

ascending -

OrderByItem

public OrderByItem(SelectItem selectItem)

Creates an ascending OrderByItem

Parameters:

selectItem -

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

isAscending

public boolean isAscending()

isDescending

public boolean isDescending()

getDirection

public OrderByItem.Direction getDirection()

setDirection

public OrderByItem setDirection(OrderByItem.Direction direction)

getSelectItem

public SelectItem getSelectItem()

getQuery

public Query getQuery()

Specified by:

getQuery in interface IQueryItem

setQuery

public OrderByItem setQuery(Query query)

Specified by:

setQuery in interface IQueryItem

clone

protected OrderByItem clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object