Creation of custom comparator for map in groovy - groovy

Question

I have class in groovy
class WhsDBFile {
String name
String path
String svnUrl
String lastRevision
String lastMessage
String lastAuthor
}
and map object
def installFiles = [:]
that filled in loop by
WhsDBFile dbFile = new WhsDBFile()
installFiles[svnDiffStatus.getPath()] = dbFile
now i try to sort this with custom Comparator
Comparator<WhsDBFile> whsDBFileComparator = new Comparator<WhsDBFile>() {
#Override
int compare(WhsDBFile o1, WhsDBFile o2) {
if (FilenameUtils.getBaseName(o1.name) > FilenameUtils.getBaseName(o2.name)) {
return 1
} else if (FilenameUtils.getBaseName(o1.name) > FilenameUtils.getBaseName(o2.name)) {
return -1
}
return 0
}
}
installFiles.sort(whsDBFileComparator);
but get this error java.lang.String cannot be cast to WhsDBFile
Any idea how to fix this? I need to use custom comparator, cause it will be much more complex in the future.
p.s. full source of sample gradle task (description of WhsDBFile class is above):
project.task('sample') << {
def installFiles = [:]
WhsDBFile dbFile = new WhsDBFile()
installFiles['sample_path'] = dbFile
Comparator<WhsDBFile> whsDBFileComparator = new Comparator<WhsDBFile>() {
#Override
int compare(WhsDBFile o1, WhsDBFile o2) {
if (o1.name > o2.name) {
return 1
} else if (o1.name > o2.name) {
return -1
}
return 0
}
}
installFiles.sort(whsDBFileComparator);
}

Answer 1

You can try to sort the entrySet() :
def sortedEntries = installFiles.entrySet().sort { entry1, entry2 ->
entry1.value <=> entry2.value
}
you will have a collection of Map.Entry with this invocation. In order to have a map, you can then collectEntries() the result :
def sortedMap = installFiles.entrySet().sort { entry1, entry2 ->
...
}.collectEntries()

Answer 2

sort can also take a closure as parameter which coerces to a Comparator's compare() method as below. Usage of toUpper() method just mimics the implementation of FilenameUtils.getBaseName().
installFiles.sort { a, b ->
toUpper(a.value.name) <=> toUpper(b.value.name)
}
// Replicating implementation of FilenameUtils.getBaseName()
// This can be customized according to requirement
String toUpper(String a) {
a.toUpperCase()
}