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# sort

Please make sure you have read the Tag Syntax document and understand how tag attribute syntax works.

Description

NOTE: JSP-TAG

A Tag that sorts a List using a Comparator both passed in as the tag attribute. If 'var' attribute is specified, the sorted list will be placed into the PageContext attribute using the key specified by 'var'. The sorted list will ALWAYS be pushed into the stack and poped at the end of this tag.

Parameters

#### Dynamic Attributes Allowed: false
#### Name | #### Required | #### Default | #### Evaluated | #### Type | #### Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
comparator | true |  | false | java.util.Comparator | The comparator to use
source | false |  | false | String | The iterable source to sort
var | false |  | false | String | The name to store the resultant iterator into page context, if such name is supplied

Examples

     USAGE 1:
     <s:sort comparator="myComparator" source="myList">
          <s:iterator>
          <!-- do something with each sorted elements -->
          <s:property value="..." />
          </s:iterator>
     </s:sort>

     USAGE 2:
     <s:sort var="mySortedList" comparator="myComparator" source="myList" />

     <%
        Iterator sortedIterator = (Iterator) pageContext.getAttribute("mySortedList");
        for (Iterator i = sortedIterator; i.hasNext(); ) {
          // do something with each of the sorted elements
        }
     %>