HitSortOrderer (container-search 7.529.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.yahoo.search.result.HitOrderer
- - com.yahoo.search.result.HitSortOrderer

```
public class HitSortOrderer
extends HitOrderer
```
A hit orderer which can be assigned to a HitGroup to keep that group's hit sorted in accordance with the sorting specification given when this is created.

Author:

Steinar Knutsen

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`HitSortOrderer(Sorting sorting)`	Create a sort order from a sorting
`HitSortOrderer(Comparator<Hit> comparator)`	Create a sort order from a comparator.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Comparator<Hit>`	`getComparator()`	Returns the Comparator that this HitOrderer uses internally to sort hits.
`void`	`order(List<Hit> hits)`	Orders the given list of hits according to the sorting given at construction Meta hits are sorted before concrete hits, but have no internal ordering.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - HitSortOrderer
```
public HitSortOrderer(Sorting sorting)
```
    Create a sort order from a sorting
  - HitSortOrderer
```
public HitSortOrderer(Comparator<Hit> comparator)
```
    Create a sort order from a comparator. This will be appended to the standard comparators used by this.
- Method Detail
  - order
```
public void order(List<Hit> hits)
```
    Orders the given list of hits according to the sorting given at construction Meta hits are sorted before concrete hits, but have no internal ordering. The sorting is stable.
    
    Specified by:
    
    order in class HitOrderer
  - getComparator
```
public Comparator<Hit> getComparator()
```
    Description copied from class: HitOrderer
    
    Returns the Comparator that this HitOrderer uses internally to sort hits. Returns null if no Comparator is used.
    This default implementation returns null.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getComparator in class HitOrderer
    
    Returns:
    
    the Comparator used to order hits, or null