#
Result Sorters

###### Identifier:

org.eclipse.search.searchResultSorters

###### Description:

This extension point allows a plug-in to contribute search result sorters to the search result view's Sort context menu.

###### Configuration Markup:

<!ELEMENT extension (sorter*)>

<!ATTLIST extension

point CDATA #REQUIRED

id CDATA #IMPLIED

name CDATA #IMPLIED>

- point - a fully qualified identifier of the target extension point
- id - an optional identifier of the extension instance
- name - an optional name of the extension instance

<!ELEMENT sorter EMPTY>

<!ATTLIST sorter

id CDATA #REQUIRED

pageId CDATA #REQUIRED

label CDATA #REQUIRED

tooltip CDATA #IMPLIED

icon CDATA #IMPLIED

class CDATA #REQUIRED>

- id - a unique name that will be used to identify this search result sorter.
- pageId - the ID of a registered search page for which the sorter will be activated. "*" activates the sorter for all pages.
- label - a translatable label that will be used as the menu item's label.
- tooltip - a translatable text that will be used as the menu item's tool tip . If omitted, the menu item will have no tool tip.
- icon - a relative name of the image that will be shown in the context menu along with the label. If omitted, the menu entry will only contain a label.
- class - a name of the class that extends `org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerSorter`

###### Examples:

The following is an example of a search page extension definition:

       <extension point="org.eclipse.search.searchResultSorters">
        <sorter
            id="org.eclipse.search.internal.ui.FileNameSorter"
            pageId="*"
            label="%FileNameSorter.label"
            tooltip="%FilenNameSorter.tooltip"
            icon="icons/full/ecl16/search_sort.gif"
            class="org.eclipse.search.internal.ui.FileNameSorter">
        </sorter>
       </extension>

###### API Information:

The contributed class must implement `org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerSorter`

###### Supplied Implementation:

The search infrastructure provides a sorter that sorts the matches by the resource name.

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