0.8.1-rc1/workflow/src/main/java/org/apache/oodt/cas/workflow/structs/FILOPrioritySorter.java

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package org.apache.oodt.cas.workflow.structs;

//JDK imports
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

//OODT imports
import org.apache.oodt.cas.workflow.engine.processor.WorkflowProcessor;

/**
 * 
 * Sorts the {@link List} of {@link WorkflowProcessor} candidates according to
 * the time in which the {@link WorkflowInstance} that they are processing was
 * created. The first ones to get processed are the most recently created
 * instances.
 * 
 * @author mattmann
 * @author bfoster
 * @version $Revision$
 * 
 */
public class FILOPrioritySorter implements PrioritySorter {

  private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(FILOPrioritySorter.class
      .getName());

  /*
   * (non-Javadoc)
   * 
   * @see
   * org.apache.oodt.cas.workflow.structs.PrioritySorter#sort(java.util.List)
   */
  @Override
  public synchronized void sort(List<WorkflowProcessor> candidates) {
    Collections.sort(candidates, new Comparator<WorkflowProcessor>() {
      /*
       * (non-Javadoc)
       * 
       * @see java.util.Comparator#compare(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)
       */
      @Override
      public int compare(WorkflowProcessor o1, WorkflowProcessor o2) {
        return o1.getWorkflowInstance().getStartDate()
            .compareTo(o2.getWorkflowInstance().getStartDate());
      }

    });

  }

}