Package com.yahoo.search.result

Class HitSortOrderer

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

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 Details

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 Details

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