org.ephman.abra.database
Class SortCriteria

java.lang.Object
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public class SortCriteria

extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

SortCriteria()
Create a new SortCriteria - this object will be used to sort result of a query in a specific way.

SortCriteria(java.lang.String column, boolean ascending)
create a new sc with an inital column, asc

Method Summary

void	addCriteria(java.lang.String column, boolean ascending) Add a sort criteria.
java.util.Vector	getSortExpressions() Return a vector of sort expressions
void	setTableAlias(java.lang.String alias)
java.lang.String	toString() Return the SQL string that can be used in a query to sort the query result.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SortCriteria

public SortCriteria()

Create a new SortCriteria - this object will be used to sort result of a query in a specific way.

SortCriteria

public SortCriteria(java.lang.String column,
                    boolean ascending)

create a new sc with an inital column, asc

Method Detail

setTableAlias

public void setTableAlias(java.lang.String alias)

getSortExpressions

public java.util.Vector getSortExpressions()

Return a vector of sort expressions

addCriteria

public void addCriteria(java.lang.String column,
                        boolean ascending)

Add a sort criteria.

Parameters:

column - name of the column to sort on

ascending - if true, the sort will use ascending order

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return the SQL string that can be used in a query to sort the query result. The format of the string is: 'order by colA ascending, colB descending, ...' etc If no sort criteria has been specified, an empty string will be returned.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object