// $Id: RowSorter.java,v 1.2 2004/09/24 03:26:43 caron Exp $
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package thredds.viewer.ui.table;

/**
 * An interface used with JTreeTableSorted to create application-controlled sorting.
 *
 * @see TreeTableModelSorted
 * @see RowSorterAbstract
 *
 * @author John Caron
 * @version $Id: RowSorter.java,v 1.2 2004/09/24 03:26:43 caron Exp $
 */


public interface RowSorter {

  /** May make a copy of the Array, or return the original, but must not copy the
   *  rows themselves.
   */
  public java.util.ArrayList sort(int sortCol, boolean reverse, java.util.ArrayList docs);

  public boolean isBreak(TableRow last, TableRow current);

}