SortOrder (Java Platform SE 6)

javax.swing
Enum SortOrder

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<SortOrder>
      javax.swing.SortOrder

All Implemented Interfaces:: Serializable, Comparable<SortOrder>

public enum SortOrder
extends Enum<SortOrder>
extends Enum<SortOrder>

SortOrder is an enumeration of the possible sort orderings.

Since:: 1.6
See Also:: RowSorter

Enum Constant Summary
`ASCENDING` Enumeration value indicating the items are sorted in increasing order.
`DESCENDING` Enumeration value indicating the items are sorted in decreasing order.
`UNSORTED` Enumeration value indicating the items are unordered.

Method Summary
`static SortOrder`	`valueOf(String name)` Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static SortOrder[]`	`values()` Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
`clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Enum Constant Detail

ASCENDING

public static final SortOrder ASCENDING

Enumeration value indicating the items are sorted in increasing order. For example, the set 1, 4, 0 sorted in ASCENDING order is 0, 1, 4.

DESCENDING

public static final SortOrder DESCENDING

Enumeration value indicating the items are sorted in decreasing order. For example, the set 1, 4, 0 sorted in DESCENDING order is 4, 1, 0.

UNSORTED

public static final SortOrder UNSORTED

Enumeration value indicating the items are unordered. For example, the set 1, 4, 0 in UNSORTED order is 1, 4, 0.

Method Detail

values

public static SortOrder[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (SortOrder c : SortOrder.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:: an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static SortOrder valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:: name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
Returns:: the enum constant with the specified name
Throws:: IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name; NullPointerException - if the argument is null