X-Git-Url: http://git.ithinksw.org/extjs.git/blobdiff_plain/7a654f8d43fdb43d78b63d90528bed6e86b608cc..HEAD:/docs/source/Sorter.html diff --git a/docs/source/Sorter.html b/docs/source/Sorter.html index fdfa7f26..1ac2ef37 100644 --- a/docs/source/Sorter.html +++ b/docs/source/Sorter.html @@ -1,31 +1,106 @@ -Sencha Documentation Project
/**
- * @class Ext.util.Sorter
- * @extends Object
- * Represents a single sorter that can be applied to a Store
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/**
+ * Represents a single sorter that can be applied to a Store. The sorter is used
+ * to compare two values against each other for the purpose of ordering them. Ordering
+ * is achieved by specifying either:
+ *
+ * - {@link #property A sorting property}
+ * - {@link #sorterFn A sorting function}
+ *
+ * As a contrived example, we can specify a custom sorter that sorts by rank:
+ *
+ *     Ext.define('Person', {
+ *         extend: 'Ext.data.Model',
+ *         fields: ['name', 'rank']
+ *     });
+ *
+ *     Ext.create('Ext.data.Store', {
+ *         model: 'Person',
+ *         proxy: 'memory',
+ *         sorters: [{
+ *             sorterFn: function(o1, o2){
+ *                 var getRank = function(o){
+ *                     var name = o.get('rank');
+ *                     if (name === 'first') {
+ *                         return 1;
+ *                     } else if (name === 'second') {
+ *                         return 2;
+ *                     } else {
+ *                         return 3;
+ *                     }
+ *                 },
+ *                 rank1 = getRank(o1),
+ *                 rank2 = getRank(o2);
+ *
+ *                 if (rank1 === rank2) {
+ *                     return 0;
+ *                 }
+ *
+ *                 return rank1 < rank2 ? -1 : 1;
+ *             }
+ *         }],
+ *         data: [{
+ *             name: 'Person1',
+ *             rank: 'second'
+ *         }, {
+ *             name: 'Person2',
+ *             rank: 'third'
+ *         }, {
+ *             name: 'Person3',
+ *             rank: 'first'
+ *         }]
+ *     });
  */
 Ext.define('Ext.util.Sorter', {
 
-    /**
-     * @cfg {String} property The property to sort by. Required unless {@link #sorter} is provided
+    /**
+     * @cfg {String} property
+     * The property to sort by. Required unless {@link #sorterFn} is provided. The property is extracted from the object
+     * directly and compared for sorting using the built in comparison operators.
      */
     
-    /**
-     * @cfg {Function} sorterFn A specific sorter function to execute. Can be passed instead of {@link #property}
+    /**
+     * @cfg {Function} sorterFn
+     * A specific sorter function to execute. Can be passed instead of {@link #property}. This sorter function allows
+     * for any kind of custom/complex comparisons. The sorterFn receives two arguments, the objects being compared. The
+     * function should return:
+     *
+     *   - -1 if o1 is "less than" o2
+     *   - 0 if o1 is "equal" to o2
+     *   - 1 if o1 is "greater than" o2
      */
     
-    /**
-     * @cfg {String} root Optional root property. This is mostly useful when sorting a Store, in which case we set the
-     * root to 'data' to make the filter pull the {@link #property} out of the data object of each item
+    /**
+     * @cfg {String} root
+     * Optional root property. This is mostly useful when sorting a Store, in which case we set the root to 'data' to
+     * make the filter pull the {@link #property} out of the data object of each item
      */
     
-    /**
-     * @cfg {Function} transform A function that will be run on each value before
-     * it is compared in the sorter. The function will receive a single argument,
-     * the value.
+    /**
+     * @cfg {Function} transform
+     * A function that will be run on each value before it is compared in the sorter. The function will receive a single
+     * argument, the value.
      */
     
-    /**
-     * @cfg {String} direction The direction to sort by. Defaults to ASC
+    /**
+     * @cfg {String} direction
+     * The direction to sort by.
      */
     direction: "ASC",
     
@@ -35,7 +110,7 @@ Ext.define('Ext.util.Sorter', {
         Ext.apply(me, config);
         
         //<debug>
-        if (me.property == undefined && me.sorterFn == undefined) {
+        if (me.property === undefined && me.sorterFn === undefined) {
             Ext.Error.raise("A Sorter requires either a property or a sorter function");
         }
         //</debug>
@@ -43,7 +118,7 @@ Ext.define('Ext.util.Sorter', {
         me.updateSortFunction();
     },
     
-    /**
+    /**
      * @private
      * Creates and returns a function which sorts an array by the given property and direction
      * @return {Function} A function which sorts by the property/direction combination provided
@@ -61,7 +136,7 @@ Ext.define('Ext.util.Sorter', {
         };
     },
     
-    /**
+    /**
      * @private
      * Basic default sorter function that just compares the defined property of each object
      */
@@ -79,31 +154,45 @@ Ext.define('Ext.util.Sorter', {
         return v1 > v2 ? 1 : (v1 < v2 ? -1 : 0);
     },
     
-    /**
+    /**
      * @private
      * Returns the root property of the given item, based on the configured {@link #root} property
      * @param {Object} item The item
      * @return {Object} The root property of the object
      */
     getRoot: function(item) {
-        return this.root == undefined ? item : item[this.root];
+        return this.root === undefined ? item : item[this.root];
     },
     
-    // @TODO: Add docs for these three methods
+    /**
+     * Set the sorting direction for this sorter.
+     * @param {String} direction The direction to sort in. Should be either 'ASC' or 'DESC'.
+     */
     setDirection: function(direction) {
         var me = this;
         me.direction = direction;
         me.updateSortFunction();
     },
     
+    /**
+     * Toggles the sorting direction for this sorter.
+     */
     toggle: function() {
         var me = this;
         me.direction = Ext.String.toggle(me.direction, "ASC", "DESC");
         me.updateSortFunction();
     },
     
-    updateSortFunction: function() {
+    /**
+     * Update the sort function for this sorter.
+     * @param {Function} [fn] A new sorter function for this sorter. If not specified it will use the default
+     * sorting function.
+     */
+    updateSortFunction: function(fn) {
         var me = this;
-        me.sort = me.createSortFunction(me.sorterFn || me.defaultSorterFn);
+        fn = fn || me.sorterFn || me.defaultSorterFn;
+        me.sort = me.createSortFunction(fn);
     }
-});
\ No newline at end of file +});
+ +