IContainableElementsSorter (EASy-Producer Documentation API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

IDecisionVariableContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeAssignment, BasicDecisionVariableContainer, Compound, FullDecisionVariableContainer
```
public interface IContainableElementsSorter
```
Defines an interface for classes which are able to sort their elements according to a given comparator.

Author:

Holger Eichelberger

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`sortContainedElements(java.util.Comparator<ContainableModelElement> comp)`	Sorts the contained elements (and creates the related datastructure if needed) according to the specified comparator.

- Method Detail
  - sortContainedElements
```
void sortContainedElements(java.util.Comparator<ContainableModelElement> comp)
```
    Sorts the contained elements (and creates the related datastructure if needed) according to the specified comparator. Please note the following requirements for applying this method:
    
    All Elements which were added before this operation must still be member of this project after executing this operation.
    
    Comments related to an element must occur before the element in the final sequence.
    Parameters:
    
    comp - a comparator which fulfills the requirements above