WorkbenchViewerComparator (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator
- - org.eclipse.ui.model.WorkbenchViewerComparator

```
public class WorkbenchViewerComparator
extends ViewerComparator
```
A viewer comparator that sorts elements with registered workbench adapters by their text property. Note that capitalization differences are not considered by this sorter, so a > B > c

Since:

3.3

See Also:

IWorkbenchAdapter

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`WorkbenchViewerComparator()`	Creates a workbench viewer sorter using the default collator.
`WorkbenchViewerComparator(Comparator comparator)`	Creates a workbench viewer sorter using the given collator.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isSorterProperty(Object element, String propertyId)`	Returns whether this viewer sorter would be affected by a change to the given property of the given element.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator
category, compare, getComparator, sort

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - WorkbenchViewerComparator
```
public WorkbenchViewerComparator()
```
    Creates a workbench viewer sorter using the default collator.
  - WorkbenchViewerComparator
```
public WorkbenchViewerComparator(Comparator comparator)
```
    Creates a workbench viewer sorter using the given collator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    comparator - the comparator to use to sort strings
- Method Detail
  - isSorterProperty
```
public boolean isSorterProperty(Object element,
                                String propertyId)
```
    Description copied from class: ViewerComparator
    
    Returns whether this viewer sorter would be affected by a change to the given property of the given element.
    The default implementation of this method returns false. Subclasses may reimplement.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isSorterProperty in class ViewerComparator
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - the element
    
    propertyId - the property
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the sorting would be affected, and false if it would be unaffected