# Query.SortDirection
Date: 2012-02-24

## com.google.appengine.api.datastore
Enum Query.SortDirection

    java.lang.Object
      java.lang.Enum<Query.SortDirection>
          com.google.appengine.api.datastore.Query.SortDirection

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<Query.SortDirection>

Enclosing class:
  Query

    public static enum Query.SortDirection

extends java.lang.Enum<Query.SortDirection>

SortDirection controls the order of a sort.

Enum Constant Summary
`ASCENDING`
`DESCENDING`

Method Summary
`static Query.SortDirection` `valueOf(java.lang.String name)` Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static Query.SortDirection[]` `values()` Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
`compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Enum Constant Detail

### ASCENDING

    public static final Query.SortDirection ASCENDING

### DESCENDING

    public static final Query.SortDirection DESCENDING

Method Detail

### values

    public static Query.SortDirection[] values()

  Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

      for (Query.SortDirection c : Query.SortDirection.values())
          System.out.println(c);

  Returns:
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

### valueOf

    public static Query.SortDirection valueOf(java.lang.String name)

  Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
  Returns:
    the enum constant with the specified name
  Throws:
    `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException` - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
    `java.lang.NullPointerException` - if the argument is null