Sorter tool

$sorter is used to sort a collection of report templates.

$sorter.sort(Collection, fieldName)

The sort function for report templates. The context name of this class is "sorter". Use $sorter to access public functions of this class through templates.

For example:

#foreach ($rel in $sorter.sort($package, "name"))
$rel.name
#end

• $package is the collection to be sorted.
• "name:desc" is separated by ":" in two parts:
  • The first part is to identify fieldName to be sorted.
  • The second part is the option to identify the sorting direction. Sometimes, the direction is not identified. It is ascending by default.

$sorter.sort(Collection)

This is the sort function for report templates. The context name of this class is "sorter". Use $sorter to access public functions of this class through the templates.

For example:

#foreach ($rel in $sorter.sort($package))
$rel.name
#end

• $package is a collection to be sorted.

$sorter.sortByFirstNumber(Collection, fieldName)

The sortByFirstNumber function is for report templates. The context name of this class is "sorter". Use $sorter to access public functions of this class through templates.

For example:

#foreach ($rel in $sorter.sortByFirstNumber($package, "name:desc"))
$rel.name
#end

• $package is a collection to be sorted by FirstNumber.
• "name:desc" is separated by ":" in two parts:
  • The first part is to identify fieldName to be sorted.
  • The second part is the option to identify the sorting direction. Sometimes, the direction is not identified. It is ascending by default.

$sorter.sortByFirstNumber(Collection)

The sortByFirstNumber function for report templates. The context name of this class is "sorter". Use $sorter to access public functions of this class through templates.

For example:

#foreach ($rel in $sorter.sortByFirstNumber($package)) 
$rel.name
#end

• $package is a collection to be sorted by FirstNumber.

$sorter.sortByLocale(Collection, String)

This is a function to sort for report templates. The context name of this class is "sorter". Use $sorter to access public functions of this class through templates. To sort a given collection by a particular language, identify the country code to specify the language.

For example:

#foreach ($p in $sorter.sortByLocale($package, "DE"))
$p.name
#end

• $package is a collection to be sorted by country code.
• "DE" is the country code for GERMANY (ISO country code).
  
  

$sorter.sortByLocale(Collection, String, String)

This is a function to sort for report templates. The context name of this class is "sorter". Use $sorter to access public functions of this class through templates. To sort a given collection by a particular language, specify the language by identifying the country code and field name.

For example:

#foreach ($p in $sorter.sortByLocale($package, "name", "DE"))
$p.name
#end

• $package is the collection to be sorted.
• “name” is the field name to be sorted.
• "DE" is the country code for GERMANY (ISO country code).

$sorter.humanSort(collection, fieldName)

This is a special function to sort text in a human-like order. It splits text into numeric and non-numeric chunks and sorts them in numerical order. For example, "foo10" is ordered after "foo2".

For example:

#foreach ($rel in $sorter.humanSort($package, "name:desc"))
$rel.name
#end

•  $package is the collection to be sorted.
• "name:desc" is separated by ":" in two parts:
  • The first part is to identify fieldName to be sorted.
  • The second part is the option to identify the sorting scheme. Sometimes, the order is not identified. It is ascending by default.

$sorter.humanSort(collection)

This is a special function to sort text in a human-like order. It splits text into numeric and non-numeric chunks and sorts them in numerical order. For example, "foo10" is ordered after "foo2".

For example:

#foreach ($rel in $sorter.humanSort($package))
$rel.name
#end

• $package is the collection to be sorted.