<html> <head> <title>Interface XSortable</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../idl.css"> </head> <body> <div id="adc-idlref"> <a name="_top_"> </a><table class="navimain" border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td class="navimain"><a href="../module-ix.html" class="navimain">Overview</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="module-ix.html" class="navimain">Module</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="XSortable-xref.html" class="navimain">Use</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Text/Sorting_Text" class="navimain">Devguide</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="../../../../index-files/index-1.html" class="navimain">Index</a></td> </tr> </table> <table class="navisub" border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td class="navisub"><a href="#MethodsSummary" class="navisub">Methods' Summary</a></td> <td class="navisub">Attributes' Summary</td> <td class="navisub"><a href="#MethodsDetails" class="navisub">Methods' Details</a></td> <td class="navisub">Attributes' Details</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3" class="title-table" style="margin-bottom:6pt;"> <tr> <td><p class="namechain"><a href="../../../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">::</a> <a href="../../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">com</a> :: <a href="../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">sun</a> :: <a href="../module-ix.html" class="namechain">star</a> :: <a href="module-ix.html" class="namechain">util</a> :: </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="title">interface XSortable</td> </tr> <tr> <td/></tr> <tr> <td><dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>makes it possible to sort the contents of this object. </dd> <dd><p>The available properties describing the sort criterias are defined in the sort descriptor implemented by the object that implements this interface.</p> <p>There are older deprecated sort descriptors:</p> <ul> <li>com::sun::star::util::SortDescriptor</li> <li>com::sun::star::table::TableSortDescriptor</li> <li>com::sun::star::text::TextSortDescriptor</li> </ul> <p>And a new set of sort descriptors:</p> <ul> <li>com::sun::star::util::SortDescriptor2</li> <li>com::sun::star::table::TableSortDescriptor2</li> <li>com::sun::star::text::TextSortDescriptor2</li> </ul> <p>Both types may be implemented by the same object. When calling the sort method however properties from different descriptors must not be mixed.</p> </dd> </dl> <a name="devmanual"> </a><dl> <dt><b>Developers Guide</b></dt> <dd><a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/Text/Sorting_Text">Text - Sorting Text</a></dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <a name="MethodsSummary"/><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle" colspan="2">Methods' Summary</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#createSortDescriptor">createSortDescriptor</a></td> <td class="imsum_right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#sort">sort</a></td> <td class="imsum_right">sorts the contents of the object according to the specified properties. </td> </tr> </table> <a name="MethodsDetails"/><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle">Methods' Details</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="createSortDescriptor" class="membertitle">createSortDescriptor</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3">sequence< ::com::sun::star::<a href="../beans/module-ix.html">beans</a>::<a href="../beans/PropertyValue.html">PropertyValue</a> ></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>createSortDescriptor</b>();</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Returns</b></dt> <dd>a sequence of properties which allows to specify/modify the sort criteria. <p>The set of properties is specific to the type of object that implements this interface. Therefore they can usually be used only for objects of that same type.</p> </dd> <dt><b>See also</b></dt> <dd><a href="SortDescriptor.html">SortDescriptor</a>, ::com::sun::star::<a href="../table/module-ix.html">table</a>::<a href="../table/TableSortDescriptor.html">TableSortDescriptor</a>, ::com::sun::star::<a href="../text/module-ix.html">text</a>::<a href="../text/TextSortDescriptor.html">TextSortDescriptor</a>, <a href="SortDescriptor2.html">SortDescriptor2</a>, ::com::sun::star::<a href="../table/module-ix.html">table</a>::<a href="../table/TableSortDescriptor2.html">TableSortDescriptor2</a>, ::com::sun::star::<a href="../text/module-ix.html">text</a>::<a href="../text/TextSortDescriptor2.html">TextSortDescriptor2</a></dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="sort" class="membertitle">sort</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3">void</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>sort</b>(</td> <td valign="top">[in] sequence< ::com::sun::star::<a href="../beans/module-ix.html">beans</a>::<a href="../beans/PropertyValue.html">PropertyValue</a> ></td> <td valign="bottom"> xDescriptor );</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>sorts the contents of the object according to the specified properties. </dd> <dd><p>The specified properties are usually the same or a subset of those obtained by calling <a href="#createSortDescriptor">createSortDescriptor</a> on the same type of object.<p> </dd> <dt><b>See also</b></dt> <dd><a href="SortDescriptor.html">SortDescriptor</a>, ::com::sun::star::<a href="../table/module-ix.html">table</a>::<a href="../table/TableSortDescriptor.html">TableSortDescriptor</a>, ::com::sun::star::<a href="../text/module-ix.html">text</a>::<a href="../text/TextSortDescriptor.html">TextSortDescriptor</a>, <a href="SortDescriptor2.html">SortDescriptor2</a>, ::com::sun::star::<a href="../table/module-ix.html">table</a>::<a href="../table/TableSortDescriptor2.html">TableSortDescriptor2</a>, ::com::sun::star::<a href="../text/module-ix.html">text</a>::<a href="../text/TextSortDescriptor2.html">TextSortDescriptor2</a></dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <a href="#_top_">Top of Page</a><hr size="3"><p class="copyright" align="center">Copyright © 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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