flux.file

Enum SortOrder

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<SortOrder>

flux.file.SortOrder

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<SortOrder>

public enum SortOrder
extends java.lang.Enum<SortOrder>

The available sorting algorithms for ordering the results from file triggers.

Author:

Copyright 2000-2025 Flux Corporation. All rights reserved.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
FILENAME_ASCENDING Lists files by filename in ascending order.
FILENAME_DESCENDING Lists files by filename in descending order.
NEWEST_FIRST Lists the most recently modified files first.
OLDEST_FIRST Lists the least recently modified files first.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static SortOrder	valueOf(java.lang.String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static SortOrder[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

FILENAME_ASCENDING

public static final SortOrder FILENAME_ASCENDING

Lists files by filename in ascending order. For example, "a.txt" comes before "z.txt".

FILENAME_DESCENDING

public static final SortOrder FILENAME_DESCENDING

Lists files by filename in descending order. For example, "z.txt" comes before "a.txt".

NEWEST_FIRST

public static final SortOrder NEWEST_FIRST

Lists the most recently modified files first. For example, a file last modified one minute ago comes before a file last modified one hour ago.

OLDEST_FIRST

public static final SortOrder OLDEST_FIRST

Lists the least recently modified files first. For example, a file last modified one hour ago comes before a file last modified one minute ago.

Method Detail

values

public static SortOrder[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (SortOrder c : SortOrder.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static SortOrder valueOf(java.lang.String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null