Javadoc: Ordered (spring-core 3.2.10.RELEASE API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

PriorityOrdered
```
public interface Ordered
```
Interface that can be implemented by objects that should be orderable, for example in a Collection.
The actual order can be interpreted as prioritization, with the first object (with the lowest order value) having the highest priority.

Note that there is a 'priority' marker for this interface: PriorityOrdered. Order values expressed by PriorityOrdered objects always apply before order values of 'plain' Ordered values.

Since:

07.04.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

OrderComparator, Order

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static int`	`HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE` Useful constant for the highest precedence value.
`static int`	`LOWEST_PRECEDENCE` Useful constant for the lowest precedence value.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type Method and Description

int getOrder()
Return the order value of this object, with a higher value meaning greater in terms of sorting.

- Field Detail
  - HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE
```
static final int HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE
```
    Useful constant for the highest precedence value.
    
    See Also:
    
    Integer.MIN_VALUE, Constant Field Values
  - LOWEST_PRECEDENCE
```
static final int LOWEST_PRECEDENCE
```
    Useful constant for the lowest precedence value.
    
    See Also:
    
    Integer.MAX_VALUE, Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getOrder
```
int getOrder()
```
    Return the order value of this object, with a higher value meaning greater in terms of sorting.
    Normally starting with 0, with Integer.MAX_VALUE indicating the greatest value. Same order values will result in arbitrary positions for the affected objects.
    
    Higher values can be interpreted as lower priority. As a consequence, the object with the lowest value has highest priority (somewhat analogous to Servlet "load-on-startup" values).
    
    Returns:
    
    the order value