item2.length)
return 1 ;
else if ( item1.length == item2.length)
return 0 ;
else
return -1 ;
}else if ( fields.length == 1 ) {
//var name:String = fields[0] ;
//trace ( fields[0].toString() ) ;
var aStr:String = item1[fdName] ;
var bStr:String = item2[fdName] ;
if ( aStr == null && bStr == null )
return 0 ;
if (aStr.length > bStr.length)
return 1 ;
else if ( aStr.length == bStr.length)
return 0 ;
else
return -1 ;
}else
return 1 ;
}
// this is used for testing invalid compreFunction
public function myInvalidCompareFunction(str1:Object, fields:Array = null):int {
return 0 ;
}
public function sort_arraycollection(field:String):String {
//make a copy of orig ac
var ac:ArrayCollection = getTestList() as ArrayCollection ;
var origAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection ( ac.source ) ;
var myAr:Array ;
if ( field == "invalid"){ // test sort invalid parameter
//myAr = "abcd" ;
}else if ( field == "nullParameter" ) { // test sort null parameter
myAr = null ;
}else if ( field == null ) {
myAr = origAC.toArray() ;
}else {
myAr = origAC.toArray() ;
}
try{
mySort.sort(myAr)
}catch ( e:Error) {
//return e.toString() ;
return "Error"
}
if ( myAr == null ) return null ;
var newAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection ( myAr ) ;
return SFCommon.getSorttedStringFromCollection(newAC , field , null , null , null ) ;
}
public function sort_xmlListCollection( sort:spark.collections.Sort ):String {
var myAr:Array = baseDataComp.dataXmlListArrS.toArray() ;
sort.sort(myAr) ;
return SFCommon.getSorttedStringFromCollection(new ArrayCollection(myAr), null, null, null , null) ;
}
public function sort_arrayCollection_array(field:String , sort:spark.collections.Sort):Array {
var ac:ArrayCollection = getTestList() as ArrayCollection ;
var origAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection ( ac.source ) ;
var myAr:Array ;
myAr = origAC.toArray() ;
sort.sort(myAr) ;
return SFConstant.getArrayOfField(field, new ArrayCollection(myAr) ) ;
}
public function sortScript_arraycollection(field:String):String {
var ac:ArrayCollection = getTestList() as ArrayCollection ;
var origAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection ( ac.source ) ;
var myAr:Array ;
if ( field == "invalid"){ // test sort invalid parameter
//myAr = "abcd" ;
}else if ( field == "nullParameter" ) { // test sort null parameter
myAr = null ;
}else if ( field == null ) {
myAr= origAC.toArray() ; ;
}else {
myAr = origAC.toArray() ;
}
try{
mySortScript.sort(myAr)
}catch ( e:Error) {
return e.toString() ;
}
if ( myAr == null ) return null ;
var newAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection ( myAr ) ;
return SFCommon.getSorttedStringFromCollection(newAC , field , null , null , null ) ;
}
public function sorttedStringWithSparkCollator(field:String):String {
//make a copy of ac first
var ac:ArrayCollection = getTestList() as ArrayCollection ;
var origAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection ( ac.source ) ;
var myAr:Array ;
if ( field == "invalid"){ // test sort invalid parameter
//myAr = "abcd" ;
}else if ( field == "nullParameter" ) { // test sort null parameter
myAr = null ;
}else if ( field == null ) {
myAr = SFConstant.getArrayOfField(null, origAC) ;
myAr.sort(sparkCollator.compare);
}else {
myAr = SFConstant.getArrayOfField(field, origAC);
myAr.sort(sparkCollator.compare);
}
return SFCommon.getSorttedStringFromCollection( new ArrayCollection (myAr) , null , null , null , null ) ;
}
public function sorttedArraywithSparkCollection ( field:String ):Array {
var ac:ArrayCollection = getTestList() as ArrayCollection ;
var origAC:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection ( ac.source ) ;
var myAr:Array ;
myAr = SFConstant.getArrayOfField(field, origAC);
myAr.sort(sparkCollator.compare);
return myAr ;
}
public function getSorttedSimpleXML() :String {
var myAr:Array = baseDataComp.dataXmlListArrS.toArray() ;
myAr.sort(sparkCollator.compare) ;
return SFCommon.getSorttedStringFromCollection(new ArrayCollection(myAr), null ,null ,null , null) ;
}
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