flexibel sorting collection

[marc]

Hi,

I have a collection of objects and i would like to add a flexibel sorting
functionality

I am looking for a colliection that gives my the following functionality
a - have enumaration to loop through all objects {for each}
b - check if item exists, without throwing exceptions!!! {if
col.exists(key)}
c - extract item from collection bases on key {x=col(key)}
d - I would like to sort on number of properties
{col.sort(porperty enum)}

a,b and c I can get by using sortedlist, but it has no flexible sorting

Any ideas??????

thankx
Marc

[Chris Dunaway]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:22:22 +0200, marc wrote:

a,b and c I can get by using sortedlist, but it has no flexible sorting

The SortedList should meet your needs. The constructor for SortedList is
overloaded to allow you to pass in an IComparer instance. You can create
different classes that implement IComparer for each of your sorting styles
and pass in the appropriate one as needed.

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[John Smith]

Dear Chris,

This approach works if you know which Icomparer instance you want to use
when you construct the SortedList but what if you want to (re) sort an
existing list, say first by name, and later on by birth day?

Thanks,

Sven

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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:22:22 +0200, marc wrote:

a,b and c I can get by using sortedlist, but it has no flexible sorting

The SortedList should meet your needs. The constructor for SortedList is
overloaded to allow you to pass in an IComparer instance. You can create
different classes that implement IComparer for each of your sorting styles
and pass in the appropriate one as needed.

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Chris

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[Chris Dunaway]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:28:29 +0200, John Smith wrote:

Dear Chris,

This approach works if you know which Icomparer instance you want to use
when you construct the SortedList but what if you want to (re) sort an
existing list, say first by name, and later on by birth day?

Thanks,

Sven

"Chris Dunaway" <"dunawayc[[at]_lunchmeat_sbcglobal[dot]]net"> wrote in
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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:22:22 +0200, marc wrote:

a,b and c I can get by using sortedlist, but it has no flexible sorting

The SortedList should meet your needs. The constructor for SortedList is
overloaded to allow you to pass in an IComparer instance. You can create
different classes that implement IComparer for each of your sorting styles
and pass in the appropriate one as needed.

--
Chris

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Perhaps the class that implements IComparer could have a property
indicating the sort order or method. If you change the property, the sort
order changes. I haven't tested it but something like this:

Public Class MySorter
Implements IComparer

Private m_SortOrder As String

Public Property SortOrder() As String
Get
Return m_SortOrder
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As String)
m_SortOrder = Value
End Set
End Property

Public Function Compare(...) As Integer Implements IComparer.Compare
Select Case m_SortOrder
Case "Ascending"
'Code here
Case "Descending"
'Code Here
End Select
End Function
End Class

Dim MySorter As New MyClassThatImplementsIComparer
Dim MyList As New SortedList(MySorter)

' other code

'Need to change sort order:
MySorter.SortOrder = "Descending"
In other words, keep the instance of the sorter around so you can set its
property. The Compare routine in the class checks this property and
compares accordingly

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