ISort.java

package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.gclient;

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public interface ISort<T> {

	/**
	 * Sort ascending 
	 */
	IQuery<T> ascending(IParam theParam);

	/**
	 * Sort ascending 
	 * 
	 * @param theParam The param name, e.g. "address"
	 */
	IQuery<T> ascending(String theParam);

	/**
	 * Sort by the default order. Note that as of STU3, there is no longer
	 * a concept of default order, only ascending and descending. This method
	 * technically implies "ascending" but it makes more sense to use 
	 * {@link #ascending(IParam)}
	 */
	IQuery<T> defaultOrder(IParam theParam);

	/**
	 * Sort descending
	 * 
	 * @param theParam A query param - Could be a constant such as <code>Patient.ADDRESS</code> or a custom 
	 * param such as <code>new StringClientParam("foo")</code>
	 */
	IQuery<T> descending(IParam theParam);
	
	/**
	 * Sort ascending 
	 * 
	 * @param theParam The param name, e.g. "address"
	 */
	IQuery<T> descending(String theParam);

}