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Sorting grid using Collator

Lars Worsaae
6 years ago Jan 08, 2016 9:14am

Hi
My grid sorts nicely (as expected) as long as my users can live with unicode std sorting
How ever each language has its rules on how sorting is done. Java solves that using Collator

How do I explain my grid (which is using a BeanItemContainer as data source) to sort using a Collator I deliver?

Rgds Lars

Artur Signell
6 years ago Jan 08, 2016 5:21pm

Sorting is done by the container (to enable lazy sorting using DB queries and other things). BeanItemContainer has a method setItemSorter(ItemSorter) which you can use to customize the sorting