Мы достигли чего-то похожего, написав утилиту сравнения для нашего класса - что-то вроде этого:
public class FooComparator implements Comparator<Foo> {
public static String COMPARE_FIELD1 = "COMPARE_FIELD1";
public static String COMPARE_FIELD2 = "COMPARE_FIELD2";
public static String COMPARE_FIELD3 = "COMPARE_FIELD3";
private String compareBy = COMPARE_FIELD1;
private boolean reverse = true;
public FooComparator(){}
public FooComparator(String sort){
compareBy = sort;
}
public void reverse() {
if(reverse) {reverse = false;
} else {reverse = true;}
}
public void field1Sort() {compareBy = COMPARE_FIELD1;}
public void field2Sort() {compareBy = COMPARE_FIELD2;}
public void field3Sort() {compareBy = COMPARE_FIELD3;}
public int compare(Foo foo1, Foo foo2) {
if(compareBy.equals(COMPARE_FIELD2)) {
return compareByField2(foo1, foo2);
} else if(compareBy.equals(COMPARE_FIELD3)) {
return compareByField3(foo1, foo2);
}
return compareByField1(foo1, foo2);
}
private int compareByField1(Foo foo1, Foo foo2) {
if(reverse) {return foo1.getField1().compareTo(foo2.getField1());}
return foo1.getField1().compareTo(foo2.getField1());
}
private int compareByField2(Foo foo1, Foo foo2) {
if(reverse) {return foo1.getField2().compareTo(foo2.getField2());}
return foo1.getField2().compareTo(foo2.getField2());
}
private int compareByField3(Foo foo1, Foo foo2) {
if(reverse) {return foo1.getField3().compareTo(foo2.getField3());}
return foo1.getField3().compareTo(foo2.getField3());
}
}
Затем мы можем использовать его так:
List<Foo> foos = new ArrayList<Foo>();
FooComparator comparator = new FooComparator(FooComparator.COMPARE_FIELD1);
Collections.sort(foos, comparator);