001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.beans.support; 018 019/** 020 * Definition for sorting bean instances by a property. 021 * 022 * @author Juergen Hoeller 023 * @since 26.05.2003 024 */ 025public interface SortDefinition { 026 027 /** 028 * Return the name of the bean property to compare. 029 * Can also be a nested bean property path. 030 */ 031 String getProperty(); 032 033 /** 034 * Return whether upper and lower case in String values should be ignored. 035 */ 036 boolean isIgnoreCase(); 037 038 /** 039 * Return whether to sort ascending (true) or descending (false). 040 */ 041 boolean isAscending(); 042 043}