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model tree doesn't sort relationships of the same time alphabetically
Archi Version
5.5.0
Operating System
windows 10
Archi Plug-ins
No response
Description
It appears that relationship description in parentheses is ignored when sorting the model tree, and all relationships of the same type are sorted by the time of creation, not alphabetically, which makes rather difficult to find the one you need when there are lots of them.
Steps to reproduce
- create this model, create serving relationships in the following order: (3-2), (3-1), (1-2)
- model tree looks like this
Expected sort order for Serving relationships is {(1-2), (3-1), (3-2)}, not {(3-2), (3-1), (1-2)}
It appears that relationship description in parentheses is ignored when sorting the model tree
Correct.
and all relationships of the same type are sorted by the time of creation, not alphabetically
Not exactly. They're sorted alphabetically purely on name.
https://github.com/archimatetool/archi/blob/c4f813c5a460f90d823240438ebd0eb52846dfae/com.archimatetool.editor/src/com/archimatetool/editor/views/tree/TreeModelViewer.java#L108-L149
No plans to change this.
(Notes - it's easy to use the label text with the "from-to" part in the ViewerComparator (same as in ModelTreeViewerLabelProvider), but the tricky part is handling name changes to source/target and reconnections in TreeModelView to update and re-sort the contents of the Relations folder. For every rename of an object we have to also update its connected relations and re-sort the parent folder of these relation(s). Similarly for every reconnection of source/target. This is expensive and will be slow).
No plans to change this.
Why? Lists should be arranged in a way that makes finding things easier, not more difficult as it is with the current absence of sort. What's the value in sorting the list the current way?
Why?
Because I'm busy doing other things. Also, there are reasons to do with optimisations in refreshing the Models Tree when one end of a relationship is renamed.
See https://github.com/archimatetool/archi/compare/master...sort-relations-source-target-labels for POC.