/** @module data */
import { SortField } from './SortField';

/**
 * Defines a field name and order used to sort query results.
 * 
 * @see [[SortField]]
 * 
 * ### Example ###
 * 
 *     let filter = FilterParams.fromTuples("type", "Type1");
 *     let paging = new PagingParams(0, 100);
 *     let sorting = new SortingParams(new SortField("create_time", true));
 *     
 *     myDataClient.getDataByFilter(filter, paging, sorting, (err, page) => {...});
 */
export class SortParams extends Array<SortField> {
	/**
	 * Creates a new instance and initializes it with specified sort fields.
	 * 
     * @param fields    a list of fields to sort by.
     */
	public constructor(...fields: SortField[]) {
        super();

        // Set the prototype explicitly.
        // https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript-wiki/blob/master/Breaking-Changes.md#extending-built-ins-like-error-array-and-map-may-no-longer-work
        (<any>this).__proto__ = SortParams.prototype;

		if (fields != null) {
			for (let index = 0; index < fields.length; index++)
				this.push(fields[index]);
		}
	}
	
	// Todo: add fromTuples factory method.

}