Java tutorial
/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2011 Kai Toedter and others. * * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html. * * Contributors: * Kai Toedter - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ package com.toedter.e4.demo.contacts.swt.views; import com.toedter.e4.demo.contacts.generic.model.Contact; import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer; import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator; class ContactViewerComparator extends ViewerComparator { @Override public int compare(final Viewer viewer, final Object obj1, final Object obj2) { if (obj1 instanceof Contact && obj2 instanceof Contact) { String lastName1 = ((Contact) obj1).getLastName(); String lastName2 = ((Contact) obj2).getLastName(); if (lastName1 == null) { lastName1 = ""; } if (lastName2 == null) { lastName2 = ""; } return lastName1.compareTo(lastName2); } else { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can only compare two Contacts."); } } }