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## com.bea.content.paging
Interface IObjectSorter

All Superinterfaces
  Comparator, com.bea.content.paging.internal.ITypeSupport, Serializable

    public interface IObjectSorter

extends Comparator, com.bea.content.paging.internal.ITypeSupport, Serializable

Interface which allows custom sorting to use the entire object state, for specified Java types. This is in contrast to property sorters, which only have access to individual properties.

An overview of custom sorting and filtering is provided in the package documentation at `com.bea.content.paging`

NOTE: custom object sorters are designed for small datasets (narrow queries returning a hundred or less objects). They may not scale well for large datasets.

Use this interface when you want to add support for sorting objects of a given type, such as com.bea.content.Node, in their entirety. If you need access to multiple fields when doing sorting, this might be a good choice. For example, you could use an object sorter to sort on multiple properties on a com.bea.content.Node object at once.

Basically, this specifies a custom Comparator implementation defining Comparator.compare( T o1, T o2 ) where o1 and o2 are the property container object values, NOT property values. This implementation will apply for one or more Java types (such as Node, VirtualNode, etc).

A ObjectSorter could also be written to sort on multiple custom Node ObjectClass (type) properties.

Field Summary
`static ContextKey` | `OBJECT_SORTER_KEY` CONTEXT KEYS (optional) specifies an ordered List used for sorting.

Method Summary
`void` | `setState(ContentContext context, Locale locale)` called BEFORE the Comparator.compare() method is invoked, to configure the filter state

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator
`compare, equals`

Methods inherited from interface com.bea.content.paging.internal.ITypeSupport
`getSupportedTypes`

Field Detail

### OBJECT_SORTER_KEY

    static final ContextKey OBJECT_SORTER_KEY

  CONTEXT KEYS (optional) specifies an ordered List used for sorting. The IObjectSorter interface is used to add support for entire-object sorting.

  A single IObjectSorter can apply for a given type, such as Node. The first IObjectSorter in the list which applies for the specified type is the one used.

Method Detail

### setState

    void setState(ContentContext context,
                  Locale locale)
                  throws RepositoryException

  called BEFORE the Comparator.compare() method is invoked, to configure the filter state

  Throws
    `RepositoryException`

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