001/* 002 * (C) Copyright 2006 Nuxeo SAS <http://nuxeo.com> and others 003 * 004 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 005 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse License v1.0 006 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 007 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 008 * 009 * Contributors: 010 * Nuxeo - initial API and implementation 011 * 012 * $Id: SortableDataModel.java 11041 2007-01-31 15:43:30Z atchertchian $ 013 */ 014 015package org.nuxeo.ecm.platform.ui.web.model; 016 017import java.io.Serializable; 018 019/** 020 * Provides support for sorting table models. Inspired from Tomahawk examples. Abstract method design pattern. 021 * 022 * @author <a href="mailto:rcaraghin@nuxeo.com">Razvan Caraghin</a> 023 */ 024public interface SortableDataModel extends Serializable { 025 026 /** 027 * Sort the list. Should be implemented by the children to customize the sort (what comparators should be used, what 028 * other condition must be met). 029 */ 030 void sort(String column, boolean ascending); 031 032 /** 033 * Is the default sort direction for the given column "ascending" ? 034 */ 035 boolean isDefaultAscending(String sortColumn); 036 037 void sort(String sortColumn); 038 039 String getSort(); 040 041 void setSort(String sort); 042 043 boolean isAscending(); 044 045 void setAscending(boolean ascending); 046 047}