protected static int compareViaClass(
ViewItemClass class1, DateTime dateCreated1, DateTime actualDate1,
ViewItemClass class2, DateTime dateCreated2, DateTime actualDate2)
{
if (class1 == null || class2 == null || class1 == class2)
{
return(dateCreated1.CompareTo(dateCreated2));
}
ViewItemSchedule schedule1 = findSchedule(class1, actualDate1);
ViewItemSchedule schedule2 = findSchedule(class2, actualDate2);
//if both schedules missing, group by class
if (schedule1 == null && schedule2 == null)
{
return(class1.CompareTo(class2));
}
//if the other schedule is missing, this item should go first
if (schedule2 == null)
{
return(-1);
}
//if this schedule is missing, the other item should go first
if (schedule1 == null)
{
return(1);
}
//get the comparison of their start times
int comp = schedule1.StartTime.TimeOfDay.CompareTo(schedule2.StartTime.TimeOfDay);
//if they started at the same time, use the updated time
if (comp == 0)
{
return(dateCreated1.CompareTo(dateCreated2));
}
return(comp);
}
