jelly-tags/util/src/java/org/apache/commons/jelly/tags/util/SortTag.java

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package org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.util;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanComparator;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.JellyTagException;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.MissingAttributeException;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport;
import org.apache.commons.jelly.XMLOutput;

public class SortTag extends TagSupport {

    /** things to sort */
    private List items;
    
    /** the variable to store the result in */
    private String var;
    
    /** property of the beans to sort on, if any */
    private String property;
    
    // Tag interface
    //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public void doTag(final XMLOutput output) throws JellyTagException {
        if (var == null)
        {
            throw new MissingAttributeException("var");
        }
        
        if (items == null) {
            throw new MissingAttributeException("items");
        }
        
        List sorted = new ArrayList(items);
        if (property == null) {
            Collections.sort(sorted);
        } else {
            BeanComparator comparator = new BeanComparator(property);
            Collections.sort(sorted, comparator);
        }
        context.setVariable(var, sorted);
    }
    
    /**
     * Set the items to be sorted
     * @param newItems some collection
     */
    public void setItems(List newItems) {
        items = newItems;
    }
    
    /**
     * The variable to hold the sorted collection.
     * @param newVar the name of the variable.
     */
    public void setVar(String newVar) {
        var = newVar;
    }
    
    public void setProperty(String newProperty)
    {
        property = newProperty;
    }
}