Java tutorial
/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2013 Benjamin Pabst 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: * Benjamin Pabst - initial API and implementation * Tobias Placht - additional funcionality ******************************************************************************/ package com.xeviox.commons.ui.eclipse.jface.tableviewer; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.List; import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer; import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator; import static com.xeviox.commons.conditions.Clauses.when; import static com.xeviox.commons.conditions.Clauses.nullChecked; public class ColumnComparator<T> extends ViewerComparator { private final List<ColumnDescription<T>> descriptions; private int currentColIndex = -1; private Direction direction; private int sortColumn; public ColumnComparator(final List<ColumnDescription<T>> descriptions, int sortColumn, Direction direction) { super(); nullChecked(descriptions, "You have to specify the list of column descriptions."); when(descriptions.size() < 0) .throwIllegalState("You have to specify a non empty list of column descriptions."); this.descriptions = descriptions; this.sortColumn = sortColumn; this.direction = direction; } @Override public int compare(Viewer viewer, Object e1, Object e2) { Comparator<T> comparator = null; if (currentColIndex < 0) { // We use the column speciefied in the constructor if none is selected comparator = descriptions.get(sortColumn).getComparator(); } else { comparator = descriptions.get(currentColIndex).getComparator(); } // TODO check instance! @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") T o1 = (T) e1; @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") T o2 = (T) e2; int result = comparator.compare(o1, o2); if (direction == Direction.DESCENDING) { result = -result; } return result; } public void setCurrentColumnIndex(final int index) { this.currentColIndex = index; } public void setDirection(Direction dir) { this.direction = dir; } }