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package org.apache.cayenne.query;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.cayenne.exp.Expression;
import org.apache.cayenne.exp.ExpressionException;
import org.apache.cayenne.exp.parser.ASTDbPath;
import org.apache.cayenne.exp.parser.ASTObjPath;
import org.apache.cayenne.util.ConversionUtil;
import org.apache.cayenne.util.Util;
import org.apache.cayenne.util.XMLEncoder;
import org.apache.cayenne.util.XMLSerializable;
import org.apache.commons.collections.ComparatorUtils;
/**
* Defines object sorting criteria, used either for in-memory sorting of object lists or
* as a specification for building ORDER BY clause of a SelectQuery query. Note
* that in case of in-memory sorting, Ordering can be used with any JavaBeans, not just
* DataObjects.
*/
public class Ordering implements Comparator
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