A class annotation used to make a class Comparable by multiple Comparators. As an example, given this class:

 @Sortable class Person {
     String first
     String last
     Integer born
 }
 

• implement the Comparable interface
• have a compareTo method based on the first, last and born properties (priority ordering will be according to the ordering of property definition, highest first, unless 'includes' is used; in which case, priority will be according to the order given in the includes list)
• have three Comparator methods named comparatorByFirst, comparatorByLast and comparatorByBorn

Authors:

Andres Almiray

Paul King