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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Argeo GmbH
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.argeo.eclipse.ui;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer;
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator;
+
+public abstract class GenericTableComparator extends ViewerComparator {
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = -1175894935075325810L;
+ protected int propertyIndex;
+ public static final int ASCENDING = 0, DESCENDING = 1;
+ protected int direction = DESCENDING;
+
+ /**
+ * Creates an instance of a sorter for TableViewer.
+ *
+ * @param defaultColumn
+ * the default sorter column
+ */
+
+ public GenericTableComparator(int defaultColumnIndex, int direction) {
+ propertyIndex = defaultColumnIndex;
+ this.direction = direction;
+ }
+
+ public void setColumn(int column) {
+ if (column == this.propertyIndex) {
+ // Same column as last sort; toggle the direction
+ direction = 1 - direction;
+ } else {
+ // New column; do a descending sort
+ this.propertyIndex = column;
+ direction = DESCENDING;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Must be Overriden in each view.
+ */
+ public abstract int compare(Viewer viewer, Object e1, Object e2);
+}