ViewerSorter (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator
- - org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerSorter

Direct Known Subclasses:

ResourceSorter, TreePathViewerSorter, WorkbenchViewerSorter
```
@Deprecated
public class ViewerSorter
extends ViewerComparator
```
Deprecated.
use ViewerComparator instead.

A viewer sorter is used by a StructuredViewer to reorder the elements provided by its content provider.
The default compare method compares elements using two steps. The first step uses the values returned from category. By default, all elements are in the same category. The second level is based on a case insensitive compare of the strings obtained from the content viewer's label provider via ILabelProvider.getText.

Subclasses may implement the isSorterProperty method; they may reimplement the category method to provide categorization; and they may override the compare methods to provide a totally different way of sorting elements.

See Also:

IStructuredContentProvider, StructuredViewer

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected java.text.Collator collator
Deprecated.
as of 3.3 Use ViewerComparator.getComparator()

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`ViewerSorter()`	Deprecated. Creates a new viewer sorter, which uses the default collator to sort strings.
`ViewerSorter(java.text.Collator collator)`	Deprecated. Creates a new viewer sorter, which uses the given collator to sort strings.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.text.Collator`	`getCollator()`	Deprecated. as of 3.3 Use `ViewerComparator.getComparator()`

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator
category, compare, getComparator, isSorterProperty, sort

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - collator
```
@Deprecated
protected java.text.Collator collator
```
    Deprecated.
    as of 3.3 Use ViewerComparator.getComparator()
    
    The collator used to sort strings.
- Constructor Detail
  - ViewerSorter
```
public ViewerSorter()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Creates a new viewer sorter, which uses the default collator to sort strings.
  - ViewerSorter
```
public ViewerSorter(java.text.Collator collator)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Creates a new viewer sorter, which uses the given collator to sort strings.
    
    Parameters:
    
    collator - the collator to use to sort strings
- Method Detail
  - getCollator
```
@Deprecated
public java.text.Collator getCollator()
```
    Deprecated.
    as of 3.3 Use ViewerComparator.getComparator()
    
    Returns the collator used to sort strings.
    
    Returns:
    
    the collator used to sort strings