kern/src/de/superx/rest/model/Item.java

package de.superx.rest.model;

public class Item implements Comparable<Item> {
	public String label;
	public String value;
	public boolean selected = false;
	public String sortValue = "";

	public Item(String label, String value) {
		this.label = label;
		this.value = value;
	}

	public Item(String label, String value, String sortValue) {
		this.label = label;
		this.value = value;
		this.sortValue = sortValue;
	}
	
	public Item(String value) {
		this.value = value;
	}
	
	public Item() {
	    super();
	}
	
	@Override
	public boolean equals( Object o ) {

		// If the object is compared with itself then return true   
        if (o == this) { 
            return true; 
        }
  
        /* Check if o is an instance of Item or not 
          "null instanceof [type]" also returns false */
        if (!(o instanceof Item)) { 
            return false; 
        }
        
        // typecast o to Complex so that we can compare data members  
        Item it = (Item) o; 
        
        // equal, if value matches
        if (this.value != null && this.value.contentEquals(it.value)) {
        	return true;
        }
        
       	return false;
	}
	
	@Override
	public int compareTo(Item another) {
	    boolean thisHasSortValue = this.sortValue != null && !this.sortValue.isEmpty();
	    boolean otherHasSortValue = another.sortValue != null && !another.sortValue.isEmpty();
	
	    String thisSort = thisHasSortValue ? this.sortValue : this.label;
	    String otherSort = otherHasSortValue ? another.sortValue : another.label;
	
	    if (thisHasSortValue || otherHasSortValue) {
	        return thisSort.compareToIgnoreCase(otherSort);
	    }
	
	    return thisSort.compareTo(otherSort);
	}

	@Override
	public int hashCode() {
		return super.hashCode();
	}
}