xxf:sort function

Hello,

I currently am trying to sort a list of objects inside an instance with the
xxf:sort function to sort the list based off a date inside the objects.

I have the following data

(code)
<xf:instance>
    <activityDataWrapper>
        <activityDataList>
            <createdOn>2019-07-30T10:24:55+10:00</createdOn>
            <id>63</id>
            <info>
                <documentationQueryInfo>
                    <id>63</id>
                    <request>My Request 1</request>
                    <response>test</response>
                </documentationQueryInfo>
                <id>63</id>
                <requestor>joeladmin</requestor>
                <responder>john</responder>
            </info>
            <state>Responded</state>
            <type>DocumentQuery</type>
        </activityDataList>
        <activityDataList>
            <createdOn>2019-07-30T13:30:43+10:00</createdOn>
            <id>65</id>
            <info>
                <documentationQueryInfo>
                    <id>65</id>
                    <request>hello</request>
                    <response>sdfsdfsfsdfsdf</response>
                </documentationQueryInfo>
                <id>65</id>
                <requestor>joeladmin</requestor>
                <responder>CodingUser</responder>
            </info>
            <state>Responded</state>
            <type>DocumentQuery</type>
        </activityDataList>
        <activityDataList>
            <createdOn>2019-07-30T13:05:09+10:00</createdOn>
            <id>64</id>
            <info>
                <documentationQueryInfo>
                    <id>64</id>
                    <request>temp</request>
                    <response>cooli</response>
                </documentationQueryInfo>
                <id>64</id>
                <requestor>joeladmin</requestor>
                <responder>john</responder>
            </info>
            <state>Responded</state>
            <type>DocumentQuery</type>
        </activityDataList>
    </activityDataWrapper>
</xf:instance>
(code)

I am trying to sort this list of activityDataList entries by the createdOn
field which is a date.

I am trying to use the following code to sort the list

(code)
<xf:action ev:event="xforms-ready">
    <xf:itemset ref="xxf:sort(instance(), activityDataList/createdOn,
'dateTime', 'ascending')"/>
</xf:action>
(code)

Following
https://doc.orbeon.com/xforms/xpath/extension-functions/extension-xml#xxf-sort
however I am not getting the desired result.

The result I am looking for the the activityDataList to be sorted into
Ascending order.

Any Idea to get my desired result?

Cheers,
Joel.

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So an Update on this...

I have managed to get this working on a different field, I am currently
sorting on type with the following.

<xf:insert context="instance()" origin="xxf:sort(instance()/activityDataList, type, 'text', 'ascending')"/>

however I still cannot get the date working correctly with

<xf:insert context="instance()"
origin="xxf:sort(instance()/activityDataList, createdOn, 'dateTime',
'ascending')"/>

What am I missing here?

Cheers,
Joel.



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Hi Joel,

I tried the exact same expression you had :), and got the error:

    data-type on xsl:sort must be 'text' or 'number'

But if the timezone is the same on all your dates, using `text` works. Also,
the second argument is XPath but must be passed as a string. I will which
the documentation, which incorrectly says this must return an `item()`. This
gives us:

    <xf:action event="xforms-ready">
        <xf:insert
            ref="instance()"
            origin="
                xxf:sort(
                    instance(),
                    'activityDataList/createdOn',
                    'text',
                    'ascending'
                )"/>
    </xf:action>

You'll let me know if this works for you.

‑Alex

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Hi Joel,

Actually, my bad, the code should be:

    <xf:insert
        ref="instance()"
        origin="
            xf:element('activityDataWrapper',
                xxf:sort(
                    instance()/activityDataList,
                    createdOn,
                    'text',
                    'ascending'
                )
            )
        "/>

You'll let me know if this works for you this time!

And here is the source of a full example:
view.xhtml <http://discuss.orbeon.com/file/t119778/view.xhtml>  

‑Alex

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Thanks Alex! this worked!

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Perfect Joel, it can be tricky that `xxf:sort()` right, and thank you for the
update.

‑Alex

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