order_attribute.rb in clevic-0.13.0.b1

- old
+ new

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 =begin rdoc
 Store the SQL order_by attributes with ascending and descending values
 =end
+# TODO don't use this anymore
 class OrderAttribute
   attr_reader :direction, :attribute
   
   def initialize( entity_class, sql_order_fragment )
     @entity_class = entity_class
@@ -47,7 +48,16 @@
 
   def ==( other )
     @entity_class == other.instance_eval( '@entity_class' ) and
     self.direction == other.direction and
     self.attribute == other.attribute
+  end
+  
+  # return -1 for desc, 1 for asc
+  def to_i
+    case direction
+      when :asc; 1
+      when :desc; -1
+      else; raise "unknown direction #{direction}"
+    end
   end
 end