sort

Please make sure you have read the Tag Syntax document and understand how tag attribute syntax works.

Description

NOTE: JSP-TAG

A Tag that sorts a List using a Comparator both passed in as the tag attribute. If 'var' attribute is specified, the sorted list will be placed into the PageContext attribute using the key specified by 'var'. The sorted list will ALWAYS be pushed into the stack and poped at the end of this tag.

Parameters

Name	Required	Evaluated	Type	Description
Dynamic Attributes Allowed: false

comparator	true	false	java.util.Comparator	The comparator to use
id	false	false	String	Deprecated. Use 'var' instead
source	false	false	String	The iterable source to sort
var	false	false	String	The name to store the resultant iterator into page context, if such name is supplied

Examples

USAGE 1:
<s:sort comparator="myComparator" source="myList">
     <s:iterator>
     <!-- do something with each sorted elements -->
     <s:property value="..." />
     </s:iterator>
</s:sort>

USAGE 2:
<s:sort var="mySortedList" comparator="myComparator" source="myList" />

<%
   Iterator sortedIterator = (Iterator) pageContext.getAttribute("mySortedList");
   for (Iterator i = sortedIterator; i.hasNext(); ) {
     // do something with each of the sorted elements
   }
%>

Description

Parameters

Dynamic Attributes Allowed:

Name

Required

Default

Evaluated

Type

Description

Examples