## com.lowagie.text.pdf.collection
Class PdfCollectionSort

    java.lang.Object
      com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
          com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary
              com.lowagie.text.pdf.collection.PdfCollectionSort

    public class PdfCollectionSort

extends PdfDictionary

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary
`CATALOG, FONT, hashMap, OUTLINES, PAGE, PAGES`

Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
`ARRAY, BOOLEAN, bytes, DICTIONARY, INDIRECT, indRef, NAME, NOTHING, NULL, NUMBER, STREAM, STRING, TEXT_PDFDOCENCODING, TEXT_UNICODE, type`

Constructor Summary
`PdfCollectionSort(java.lang.String key)` Constructs a PDF Collection Sort Dictionary.
`PdfCollectionSort(java.lang.String[] keys)` Constructs a PDF Collection Sort Dictionary.

Method Summary
`void` `setSortOrder(boolean ascending)` Defines the sort order of the field (ascending or descending).
`void` `setSortOrder(boolean[] ascending)` Defines the sort order of the field (ascending or descending).

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary
`contains, get, getAsArray, getAsBoolean, getAsDict, getAsIndirectObject, getAsName, getAsNumber, getAsStream, getAsString, getDirectObject, getKeys, isCatalog, isFont, isOutlineTree, isPage, isPages, merge, mergeDifferent, put, putAll, putEx, remove, size, toPdf, toString`

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
`canBeInObjStm, getBytes, getIndRef, isArray, isBoolean, isDictionary, isIndirect, isName, isNull, isNumber, isStream, isString, length, setContent, setIndRef, type`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### PdfCollectionSort

    public PdfCollectionSort(java.lang.String key)

  Constructs a PDF Collection Sort Dictionary.

  Parameters:
    `key` - the key of the field that will be used to sort entries

### PdfCollectionSort

    public PdfCollectionSort(java.lang.String[] keys)

  Constructs a PDF Collection Sort Dictionary.

  Parameters:
    `keys` - the keys of the fields that will be used to sort entries

Method Detail

### setSortOrder

    public void setSortOrder(boolean ascending)

  Defines the sort order of the field (ascending or descending).

  Parameters:
    `ascending` - true is the default, use false for descending order

### setSortOrder

    public void setSortOrder(boolean[] ascending)

  Defines the sort order of the field (ascending or descending).

  Parameters:
    `ascending` - an array with every element corresponding with a name of a field.

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