org.oreodata
Interface RecordComparator

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.Comparator

public interface RecordComparator

extends java.util.Comparator

Method Summary

java.lang.String

sqlEquivalent()

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

compare, equals

Method Detail

sqlEquivalent

public java.lang.String sqlEquivalent()

Returns:

the "ORDER BY" clause that would order a set of records as per this comparator. A null value would indicate that we don't know the SQL equivalent. In that case, the sorting would have to be done in-memory.