NAME

Solstice::SortService - Create the Solstice::Buttons necessary for managing a sortable table.

SYNOPSIS

#takes three arguments - a preference service in which to store the data, and
#the key names for the field and direction preference
my $sort_service = Solstice::SortService->new($pref_service, "sort_field_preference_name", "sort_dir_preference_name");

#flush may be necessary if used in a controller, as many controller functions run twice per click
$sort_service->flush();


#add the fields to sort on.
$sort_service->addSortField({
        label       => $lang_service->getString('tool_header'),
        button_name => 'tool_sort_button',
        sort_func   => sub {
            lc $a->getApplicationName() cmp lc $b->getApplicationName() ||
            lc $a->getImplementationName() cmp lc $b->getImplementationName()
        },
        action      => 'sort',
        default     => 1,
    });

$sort_service->addSortField({
        label       => $lang_service->getString('tool_project'),
        button_name => 'project_sort_button',
        action      => 'sort',
        sort_func   => sub {
            lc $a->getImplementationName() cmp lc $b->getImplementationName()
        },
        rev_sort_func    => sub {
            #some optional reverse sort function - otherwise the order
            #given by sort_func is just reversed
        },
    });


#make use of the sort method
my $iterator = $list->iterator();
$iterator->sort($sort_service->getSortMethod());


#in the view, create the service (with the same params!) and put the auto-created buttons into
#the param hash
my $sort_service = Solstice::SortService->new($pref_service, "sort_field_preference_name", "sort_dir_preference_name");

return {
    %params,
    $self->processChildViews(),
    $sort_service->getSortLinks(),
}

DESCRIPTION

Export

None by default.

Methods

new()

sortDateTime($datetime_a, $datetime_b)

Generic datetime object sorting method. Handles the case where either datetime object is undefined.

AUTHOR

Catalyst Research & Development Group, <catalyst@u.washington.edu>

VERSION

$Revision: 191 $

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1998-2007 Office of Learning Technologies, University of Washington

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