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D.4 Ordering Specification

The following grammar describes the syntax of the Query.setOrdering( ) argument:

SetOrdering:
        OrderSpecifications ,
        OrderSpecifications

OrderSpecifications:
        OrderSpecification
        OrderSpecifications , OrderSpecification

OrderSpecification:
        Expression ascending
        Expression descending


    		Chapter 1. An Initial Tour
    		Chapter 2. An Overview of JDO Interfaces
    		Chapter 3. JDO Architectures
    		Chapter 4. Defining Persistent Classes
    		Chapter 5. Datastore Mappings
    		Chapter 6. Class Enhancement
    		Chapter 7. Establishing a JDO Runtime Environment
    		Chapter 8. Instance Management
    		Chapter 9. The JDO Query Language
    		Chapter 10. Identity
    		Chapter 11. Lifecycle States and Transitions
    		Chapter 12. Field Management
    		Chapter 13. Cache Management
    		Chapter 14. Nontransactional Access
    		Chapter 15. Optimistic Transactions
    		Chapter 16. The Web-Server Environment
    		Chapter 17. J2EE Application Servers
    		Appendix A. Lifecycle States and Transitions
    		Appendix B. JDO Metadata DTD
    		Appendix C. JDO Interfaces and Exception Classes
    		Appendix D. JDO Query Language BNF
    		D.1 Parameter Declaration
    		D.2 Variable Declaration
    		D.3 Import Declaration
    		D.4 Ordering Specification
    		D.5 Type Specification
    		D.6 Names
    		D.7 Literal
    		D.8 Filter Expressions
    		Appendix E. Source Code for Examples