Wrapper Class Multiple Value Sorting

Came across a scenario where I had to sort a wrapper class.  Normal list sorting is simple, list.sort(); would help.  But for a wrapper class, it’s not straight-forward but it isn’t that hard.  Below is a simple wrapper class without sorting – this wrapper has 2 columns : Area and AD.

global class AreaWrapper{
    public String AreaName{get;set;}
    public String ADName{get;set;}

    public AreaWrapper(){
        AreaName = '';
        ADName = '';
    }       
}

To make it sort by ADName, we need the class to use “implements Comparable” and “CompareTo”.

global class AreaWrapper implements Comparable{
    public String AreaName{get;set;}
    public String ADName{get;set;}

    public AreaWrapper(){
        AreaName = '';
        ADName = '';
    }       

    global Integer compareTo(Object objToCompare) {
        //Sort by AreaName Alphabetically
        return AreaName.compareTo(((AreaWrapper)objToCompare).AreaName);
    }
}

If you want to add another sort (within AreaName sorting) i.e.,  if you want to sort by AreaName and then by ADName, this works.

global Integer compareTo(Object objToCompare) {
    AreaWrapper that = (AreaWrapper) objToCompare;
    Integer c = this.AreaName.compareTo(that.AreaName);
    if (c != 0) {
        return c;
    } else {
        return this.ADName.compareTo(that.ADName);
    }
}

And do not forget to sort the wrapper list before displaying in visualforce page.

public List AreaWrapper  myWrapperList{
get{
myWrapperList.sort();
return myWrapperList;
}
private set;
}