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## javax.swing
Enum SortOrder

    java.lang.Object
      java.lang.Enum<SortOrder>
          javax.swing.SortOrder

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, Comparable<SortOrder>

    public enum SortOrder

extends Enum<SortOrder>

SortOrder is an enumeration of the possible sort orderings.

Since:
  1.6
See Also:
  `RowSorter`

Enum Constant Summary
`ASCENDING` Enumeration value indicating the items are sorted in increasing order.
`DESCENDING` Enumeration value indicating the items are sorted in decreasing order.
`UNSORTED` Enumeration value indicating the items are unordered.

Method Summary
`static SortOrder` | `valueOf(String name)` Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static SortOrder[]` | `values()` Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
`clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Enum Constant Detail

### ASCENDING

    public static final SortOrder ASCENDING

  Enumeration value indicating the items are sorted in increasing order. For example, the set `1, 4, 0` sorted in `ASCENDING` order is `0, 1, 4`.

### DESCENDING

    public static final SortOrder DESCENDING

  Enumeration value indicating the items are sorted in decreasing order. For example, the set `1, 4, 0` sorted in `DESCENDING` order is `4, 1, 0`.

### UNSORTED

    public static final SortOrder UNSORTED

  Enumeration value indicating the items are unordered. For example, the set `1, 4, 0` in `UNSORTED` order is `1, 4, 0`.

Method Detail

### values

    public static SortOrder[] values()

  Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

      for (SortOrder c : SortOrder.values())
          System.out.println(c);

  Returns:
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

### valueOf

    public static SortOrder valueOf(String name)

  Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
  Returns:
    the enum constant with the specified name
  Throws:
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
    `NullPointerException` - if the argument is null

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