Package org.apache.torque.sql

Class OrderBy

java.lang.Object

org.apache.torque.sql.OrderBy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class OrderBy
extends Object
implements Serializable

An order by clause.

Version:

$Id: OrderBy.java 1867515 2019-09-25 15:02:03Z gk $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
OrderBy(Column column, SqlEnum order, boolean ignoreCase)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Checks whether two orderBy are equal.
Column	getColumn()	Returns the column to order by.
SqlEnum	getOrder()	Returns the order to order by (ASC or DESC).
int	hashCode()
boolean	isIgnoreCase()	Returns whether case should be ignored for String columns.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OrderBy

public OrderBy(Column column,
               SqlEnum order,
               boolean ignoreCase)

Constructor.

Parameters:

column - the column to order by, not null.

order - the order, either SqlEnum.DESC or SqlEnum.ASC, not null.

ignoreCase - whether case should be ignored for String columns

Throws:

NullPointerException - if null is passed.

IllegalArgumentException - if an unknown order is passed.

Method Detail

getColumn

public Column getColumn()

Returns the column to order by.

Returns:

the column to order by, not null.

getOrder

public SqlEnum getOrder()

Returns the order to order by (ASC or DESC).

Returns:

the order, either SqlEnum.DESC or SqlEnum.ASC, not null.

isIgnoreCase

public boolean isIgnoreCase()

Returns whether case should be ignored for String columns.

Returns:

true if case should be ignored for String columns, false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Checks whether two orderBy are equal. This is true if and only if the orders are equal and if the contained columns have the same schema name, table name, column name and sql expression.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the object to compare to.

Returns:

true if this object is equal to obj, false otherwise.