Obtaining an OrderSpecifier from a String

[Aldo Alfredo Gutiérrez Gutiérrez]

Right now i have code similar to:

    public List<Tenant> findAllByKeyword(String keyword, String orderBy) {
        OrderSpecifier order= null;
        if (orderBy == null || "".equals(orderBy)) {
            order = qTenant.name.asc();
        } else if ("name".equals(orderBy)) {
            order = qTenant.name.asc();
        } else if ("description".equals(orderBy)) {
            order = qTenant.description.asc();
        } else {
            throw new java.lang.IllegalArgumentException("The specified order by is not supported");
        }
        ....
    }   

I mean if i have the String "name" and the QType qTenant then How can i get the OrderSpecifier: qTenant.name.asc()?

[fasfsfgs]

I have the same situation because of how the client (gxt) tells me what column should I order by a server paged grid. It also gives me the asc/desc qualifier.

For example, it gives me the string "name asc".

For now, for those situations, I'm still using raw HQL.

[Timo Westkämper]

Hi.

The following should work

new ComparablePath<Comparable>(Comparable.class, qTenant, propertyName).asc();

Br,
Timo

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