public interface Ordered
The actual order can be interpreted as prioritization, with the first object (with the lowest order value) having the highest priority.
Note that there is a 'priority' marker for this interface:
PriorityOrdered
. Order values expressed by PriorityOrdered
objects always apply before order values of 'plain' Ordered values.
OrderComparator
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Order
Modifier and Type | Field and Description |
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static int |
HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE
Useful constant for the highest precedence value.
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static int |
LOWEST_PRECEDENCE
Useful constant for the lowest precedence value.
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Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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int |
getOrder()
Return the order value of this object, with a
higher value meaning greater in terms of sorting.
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static final int HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE
Integer.MIN_VALUE
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Constant Field Valuesstatic final int LOWEST_PRECEDENCE
Integer.MAX_VALUE
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Constant Field Valuesint getOrder()
Normally starting with 0, with Integer.MAX_VALUE
indicating the greatest value. Same order values will result
in arbitrary positions for the affected objects.
Higher values can be interpreted as lower priority. As a consequence, the object with the lowest value has highest priority (somewhat analogous to Servlet "load-on-startup" values).