Package org.dspace.content

Class MetadataValueComparators

java.lang.Object

org.dspace.content.MetadataValueComparators

public final class MetadataValueComparators
extends Object

This class contains only static members that can be used to sort list of MetadataValue

Author:

Vincenzo Mecca (vins01-4science - vincenzo.mecca at 4science.com)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Comparator<MetadataValue>	defaultComparator	This is the default comparator that mimics the ordering applied by the standard @OrderBy annotation inside DSpaceObject.getMetadata()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static final List<MetadataValue>	sort(List<MetadataValue> metadataValues)	This method creates a new List<MetadataValue> ordered by the MetadataComparators#defaultComparator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

defaultComparator

public static final Comparator<MetadataValue> defaultComparator

This is the default comparator that mimics the ordering applied by the standard @OrderBy annotation inside DSpaceObject.getMetadata()

Method Details

sort

public static final List<MetadataValue> sort(List<MetadataValue> metadataValues)

This method creates a new List<MetadataValue> ordered by the MetadataComparators#defaultComparator.

Parameters:

metadataValues -

Returns:

List<MetadataValue> ordered copy list using stream.