CrawlableDatasetSorter (NetCDF-Java All API v5.6.0)

All Known Implementing Classes:

LexigraphicByNameSorter
```
public interface CrawlableDatasetSorter
```
The CrawlableDatasetSorter interface provides for sorting a list of CrawlableDatasets. An instance of the CrawlableDatasetSorter interface defines an ordering for a list of CrawlableDatasets. The CrawlableDatasetSorter interface is used by the CollectionLevelScanner class to sort the datasets it is cataloging.

Since:

Nov 18, 2005 4:12:50 PM

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`getConfigObject()`	Return the configuration object.
`void`	`sort(List<CrawlableDataset> datasetList)`	Sort the given CrawlableDataset list into the order defined by this sorter.

- Method Detail
  - sort
```
void sort(List<CrawlableDataset> datasetList)
```
    Sort the given CrawlableDataset list into the order defined by this sorter.
    
    Parameters:
    
    datasetList - the CrawlableDataset list to be sorted.
    
    Throws:
    
    ClassCastException - if the list contains elements that are not CrawlableDatasets.
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - if the given list does not allow the necessary list manipulation.
  - getConfigObject
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Object getConfigObject()
```
    Return the configuration object.
    
    Returns:
    
    the configuration Object (may be null).