/*
* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
*
* License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
* See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
*/
package org.hibernate.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.
Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.
Target;
import static java.lang.annotation.
ElementType.
FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.
ElementType.
METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.
RetentionPolicy.
RUNTIME;
/**
* Collection sort (in-memory sorting). Different than ordering, which is applied during the SQL select.
*
* @author Emmanuel Bernard
*
* @see OrderBy
*
* @deprecated Use {@link SortComparator} or {@link SortNatural} instead depending on need.
*/
@
Target({
METHOD,
FIELD})
@
Retention(
RUNTIME)
@
Deprecated
public @interface
Sort {
/**
* The type of sorting to use. The default is to not use sorting.
*/
SortType type() default
SortType.
UNSORTED;
/**
* Specifies the comparator to use. Only valid when {@link #type} specifies {@link SortType#COMPARATOR}.
*
* TODO find a way to use Class<Comparator> -> see HHH-8164
*/
Class comparator() default void.class;
}