org.olat.modules.fo
Class ForumHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.olat.modules.fo.ForumHelper

public class ForumHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Description:
Provides utilities methods and classes.

Initial Date: 14.08.2007

Author:

Lavinia Dumitrescu

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	CSS_ICON_CLASS_FORUM
static java.lang.String	CSS_ICON_CLASS_MESSAGE
static int	NOT_MY_JOB

Constructor Summary

ForumHelper()

Method Summary

static int	compare(org.olat.modules.fo.ForumHelper.MessageWrapper a, org.olat.modules.fo.ForumHelper.MessageWrapper b, boolean sortAscending) Compares two MessageWrappers.
static java.util.Comparator	getMessageNodeComparator() Comparators can be passed to a sort method (such as Collections.sort) to allow precise control over the sort order.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CSS_ICON_CLASS_FORUM

public static final java.lang.String CSS_ICON_CLASS_FORUM

See Also:

Constant Field Values

CSS_ICON_CLASS_MESSAGE

public static final java.lang.String CSS_ICON_CLASS_MESSAGE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

NOT_MY_JOB

public static int NOT_MY_JOB

Constructor Detail

ForumHelper

public ForumHelper()

Method Detail

getMessageNodeComparator

public static java.util.Comparator getMessageNodeComparator()

Comparators can be passed to a sort method (such as Collections.sort) to allow precise control over the sort order.

Sticky threads first, last modified first.

Returns:

a MessageNode comparator.

See Also:

Comparator

compare

public static int compare(org.olat.modules.fo.ForumHelper.MessageWrapper a,
                          org.olat.modules.fo.ForumHelper.MessageWrapper b,
                          boolean sortAscending)

Compares two MessageWrappers.
If a and b both sticky or if none sticky, let the caller do the sorting (return NOT_MY_JOB),
else if a is sticky and sortAscending is true then a less then b (return -1)
else if b is sticky and sortAscending is true then a greater then b (return 1)

Parameters:

a -

b -

sortAscending -

Returns:

-1, 1, or NOT_MY_JOB which means the caller has to do the comparison.