org.seedstack.shed.misc

Class PriorityUtils

java.lang.Object

org.seedstack.shed.misc.PriorityUtils

public final class PriorityUtils
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	priorityOf(Class<?> someClass) Retrieves the priority of a class by using the value of the Priority annotation present on the class or on its superclasses.
static int	priorityOfClassOf(Object object) Calls priorityOf(Class) on the class of the specified object.
static <T extends Class<?>> void	sortByPriority(List<T> someClasses) A specialisation of sortByPriority(List, ToIntFunction) for a list of classes.
static <T> void	sortByPriority(List<T> someClasses, ToIntFunction<T> priorityExtractor) Sort classes by descending order of their priority, meaning the class with the higher priority will be the first element of the sorted list.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

sortByPriority

public static <T extends Class<?>> void sortByPriority(List<T> someClasses)

A specialisation of sortByPriority(List, ToIntFunction) for a list of classes.

Parameters:

someClasses - the list of classes to sort.

sortByPriority

public static <T> void sortByPriority(List<T> someClasses,
                                      ToIntFunction<T> priorityExtractor)

Sort classes by descending order of their priority, meaning the class with the higher priority will be the first element of the sorted list. The priority is determined according to the provided priority extractor.

Parameters:

someClasses - the list of classes to sort.

priorityExtractor - a function that extract a priority from an item.

priorityOf

public static int priorityOf(Class<?> someClass)

Retrieves the priority of a class by using the value of the Priority annotation present on the class or on its superclasses. If no annotation is found, the returned priority is 0.

Parameters:

someClass - the class to extract priority from.

Returns:

the priority.

priorityOfClassOf

public static int priorityOfClassOf(Object object)

Calls priorityOf(Class) on the class of the specified object.

Parameters:

object - the object from which to extract class from which to extract priority.

Returns:

the priority.