// Copyright 2013 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package sort_test import ( "fmt" "sort" ) // A couple of type definitions to make the units clear. type earthMass float64 type au float64 // A Planet defines the properties of a solar system object. type Planet struct { name string mass earthMass distance au } // By is the type of a "less" function that defines the ordering of its Planet arguments. type By func(p1, p2 *Planet) bool // Sort is a method on the function type, By, that sorts the argument slice according to the function. func (by By) Sort(planets []Planet) { ps := &planetSorter{ planets: planets, by: by, // The Sort method's receiver is the function (closure) that defines the sort order. } sort.Sort(ps) } // planetSorter joins a By function and a slice of Planets to be sorted. type planetSorter struct { planets []Planet by func(p1, p2 *Planet) bool // Closure used in the Less method. } // Len is part of sort.Interface. func (s *planetSorter) Len() int { return len(s.planets) } // Swap is part of sort.Interface. func (s *planetSorter) Swap(i, j int) { s.planets[i], s.planets[j] = s.planets[j], s.planets[i] } // Less is part of sort.Interface. It is implemented by calling the "by" closure in the sorter. func (s *planetSorter) Less(i, j int) bool { return s.by(&s.planets[i], &s.planets[j]) } var planets = []Planet{ {"Mercury", 0.055, 0.4}, {"Venus", 0.815, 0.7}, {"Earth", 1.0, 1.0}, {"Mars", 0.107, 1.5}, } // ExampleSortKeys demonstrates a technique for sorting a struct type using programmable sort criteria. func Example_sortKeys() { // Closures that order the Planet structure. name := func(p1, p2 *Planet) bool { return p1.name < p2.name } mass := func(p1, p2 *Planet) bool { return p1.mass < p2.mass } distance := func(p1, p2 *Planet) bool { return p1.distance < p2.distance } decreasingDistance := func(p1, p2 *Planet) bool { return distance(p2, p1) } // Sort the planets by the various criteria. By(name).Sort(planets) fmt.Println("By name:", planets) By(mass).Sort(planets) fmt.Println("By mass:", planets) By(distance).Sort(planets) fmt.Println("By distance:", planets) By(decreasingDistance).Sort(planets) fmt.Println("By decreasing distance:", planets) // Output: By name: [{Earth 1 1} {Mars 0.107 1.5} {Mercury 0.055 0.4} {Venus 0.815 0.7}] // By mass: [{Mercury 0.055 0.4} {Mars 0.107 1.5} {Venus 0.815 0.7} {Earth 1 1}] // By distance: [{Mercury 0.055 0.4} {Venus 0.815 0.7} {Earth 1 1} {Mars 0.107 1.5}] // By decreasing distance: [{Mars 0.107 1.5} {Earth 1 1} {Venus 0.815 0.7} {Mercury 0.055 0.4}] }