From 8f53755f94d3cc44a46191b8bc551a7d9b2fdbef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Eder <lukas.eder@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:51:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [#1841] Add SortField Field.sort(SortOrder) to allow for
 dynamic sorting

---
 jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Field.java            | 15 +++++++++++++++
 .../main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractField.java    |  9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Field.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Field.java
index be50cac9ae..8f7c468c57 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Field.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Field.java
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ public interface Field<T> extends NamedTypeProviderQueryPart<T>, AliasProvider<F
 
     /**
      * Create an ascending sort field from this field
+     * <p>
+     * This is the same as calling {@link #sort(SortOrder)} with
+     * {@link SortOrder#ASC}
      *
      * @return This field as an ascending sort field
      */
@@ -175,12 +178,24 @@ public interface Field<T> extends NamedTypeProviderQueryPart<T>, AliasProvider<F
 
     /**
      * Create a descending sort field from this field
+     * <p>
+     * This is the same as calling {@link #sort(SortOrder)} with
+     * {@link SortOrder#DESC}
      *
      * @return This field as a descending sort field
      */
     @Support
     SortField<T> desc();
 
+    /**
+     * Create an ascending/descending sort field from this field
+     *
+     * @param order The sort order
+     * @return This field as an ascending/descending sort field.
+     */
+    @Support
+    SortField<T> sort(SortOrder order);
+
     /**
      * Create a sort field of the form <code><pre>
      * CASE [this] WHEN [sortList.get(0)] THEN 0
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractField.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractField.java
index c03b00774a..3371f315ab 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractField.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractField.java
@@ -139,12 +139,17 @@ abstract class AbstractField<T> extends AbstractNamedTypeProviderQueryPart<T> im
 
     @Override
     public final SortField<T> asc() {
-        return new SortFieldImpl<T>(this, SortOrder.ASC);
+        return sort(SortOrder.ASC);
     }
 
     @Override
     public final SortField<T> desc() {
-        return new SortFieldImpl<T>(this, SortOrder.DESC);
+        return sort(SortOrder.DESC);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final SortField<T> sort(SortOrder order) {
+        return new SortFieldImpl<T>(this, order);
     }
 
     @Override