Java tutorial
/* * Copyright (C) 2005-2012 BetaCONCEPT Limited * * This file is part of Astroboa. * * Astroboa is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Astroboa is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with Astroboa. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ package org.betaconceptframework.astroboa.console.jsf.edit; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.Locale; import javax.faces.model.SelectItem; import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils; import org.betaconceptframework.astroboa.util.CmsConstants; import org.betaconceptframework.astroboa.util.CmsUtils; /** * @author Gregory Chomatas (gchomatas@betaconcept.com) * @author Savvas Triantafyllou (striantafyllou@betaconcept.com) * */ public class SelectItemComparator implements Comparator<SelectItem> { private String locale; public SelectItemComparator(String locale) { if (StringUtils.isBlank(locale)) this.locale = Locale.ENGLISH.toString(); else this.locale = locale; } @Override public int compare(SelectItem selectItem1, SelectItem selectItem2) { if (selectItem1 == null) { return -1; } if (selectItem2 == null) { return 1; } return compareLocalizedNames(selectItem1.getLabel(), selectItem2.getLabel()); } private int compareLocalizedNames(String localizedLabel0, String localizedLabel1) { if (localizedLabel0 == null && localizedLabel1 == null) return 0; if (localizedLabel0 != null && localizedLabel1 == null) return 1; if (localizedLabel0 == null && localizedLabel1 != null) return -1; //We need ascending order if (CmsConstants.LOCALE_GREEK.equalsIgnoreCase(locale)) { //Filter string to lower case and transforming accented characters to simple ones String lowerCaseGreekFilteredLocalizedLabel0 = CmsUtils.filterGreekCharacters(localizedLabel0); String lowerCaseGreekFilteredLocalizedLabel1 = CmsUtils.filterGreekCharacters(localizedLabel1); return lowerCaseGreekFilteredLocalizedLabel0.compareTo(lowerCaseGreekFilteredLocalizedLabel1); } else return localizedLabel0.compareTo(localizedLabel1); } }