org.apache.cayenne.query
Enum SortOrder

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Enum<SortOrder>
      extended by org.apache.cayenne.query.SortOrder
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<SortOrder>

public enum SortOrder
extends java.lang.Enum<SortOrder>

Constants to order query results (the ORDER BY clause).

Since:
3.0

Enum Constant Summary
ASCENDING
          Ascending order, case sensitive
ASCENDING_INSENSITIVE
          Ascending order, case insensitive
DESCENDING
          Descending order, case sensitive
DESCENDING_INSENSITIVE
          Descending order, case insensitive
 
Method Summary
static SortOrder valueOf(java.lang.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're declared.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Enum Constant Detail

ASCENDING

public static final SortOrder ASCENDING
Ascending order, case sensitive


ASCENDING_INSENSITIVE

public static final SortOrder ASCENDING_INSENSITIVE
Ascending order, case insensitive


DESCENDING

public static final SortOrder DESCENDING
Descending order, case sensitive


DESCENDING_INSENSITIVE

public static final SortOrder DESCENDING_INSENSITIVE
Descending order, case insensitive

Method Detail

values

public static final SortOrder[] values()
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they're 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're declared

valueOf

public static SortOrder valueOf(java.lang.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:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name


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