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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/core](./core.md) &gt; [LifeCycleObserverRegistry](./core.lifecycleobserverregistry.md) &gt; [sortObserverBindingsByGroup](./core.lifecycleobserverregistry.sortobserverbindingsbygroup.md)

## LifeCycleObserverRegistry.sortObserverBindingsByGroup() method

Sort the life cycle observer bindings so that we can start/stop them in the right order. By default, we can start other observers before servers and stop them in the reverse order

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
protected sortObserverBindingsByGroup(bindings: Readonly<Binding<LifeCycleObserver>>[]): LifeCycleObserverGroup[];
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  bindings | Readonly&lt;[Binding](./context.binding.md)<!-- -->&lt;[LifeCycleObserver](./core.lifecycleobserver.md)<!-- -->&gt;&gt;\[\] | Life cycle observer bindings |

<b>Returns:</b>

[LifeCycleObserverGroup](./core.lifecycleobservergroup.md)<!-- -->\[\]