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[rsromeo]

Hi again - this is all new to me but I am learning!
I'm using the videoplayer-master-channel example from Roku and my categories load fine but they are in descending sort order.  How do I change that ascending sort order?  I'm using a RowList but I don't see a way to control sorting.
thanks

[joetesta]

I think the sort order is controlled by the order in your API's response, though it's possible the example code you're using is reversing the order.
before you assign the content to your rowlist you could quickly reverse the order by doing something like;

newcontent = createObject("roSGNode","node")
for i = 0 to content.getChildCount()-1
    child = content.getChild(i)
    newcontent.insertChild(child,0) 'and the last shall be first'
end for
content = newcontent

although if you can do this same idea before you get into content nodes, (using the array converted from json) should be much better performance-wise.
Or perhaps as your original content node is built, use unshift instead of append.
Joe

[rsromeo]

Thanks.  It's actually not putting them in reverse order as originally thought.  It just seems to be mixing up things.  My xml files have everything in correct order but for some reason the code is changing that up.  Here's the code from the sample I am using.  How can I take the array and sort it so it displays in order by title?

' ********** Copyright 2016 Roku Corp.  All Rights Reserved. **********
sub init()
  print "UriHandler.brs - [init]"
  m.port = createObject("roMessagePort")
  ' fields for checking if content has been loaded
  m.top.count = 0
  m.top.numRows = 0
  m.top.numRowsReceived = 0
  m.top.numBadRequests = 0
  m.top.contentSet = false
  ' Stores the content if not all requests are ready
  m.top.ContentCache = createObject("roSGNode", "ContentNode")
  m.top.Cache        = createObject("roSGNode", "Node")
  ' setting callbacks for url request and response
  m.top.observeField("request", m.port)
  m.top.observeField("encodeRequest", m.port)
  m.top.observeField("ContentCache", m.port)
  ' setting the task thread function
  m.top.functionName = "go"
  m.top.control = "RUN"
end sub
'Task function
sub go()
  print "UriHandler.brs - [go]"
  ' Holds requests by id
  m.jobsById = {}
 ' UriFetcher event loop
  while true
    msg = wait(0, m.port)
    mt = type(msg)
    print "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"
    print "Received event type '"; mt; "'"
    ' If a request was made
    if mt = "roSGNodeEvent"
      if msg.getField()="request"
        if addRequest(msg.getData()) <> true then print "Invalid request"
      else if msg.getField()="encodeRequest"
        if encodeRequest(msg.getData()) <> true then print "Invalid request"
      else if msg.getField()="ContentCache"
        updateContent()
      else
        print "Error: unrecognized field '"; msg.getField() ; "'"
      end if
    ' If a response was received
    else if mt="roUrlEvent"
      processResponse(msg)
    ' Handle unexpected cases
    else
    print "Error: unrecognized event type '"; mt ; "'"
    end if
  end while
end sub
' Encode the url and call addRequest
function encodeRequest(request as Object) as Boolean
  encoder = createObject("roUrlTransfer")
  encodedStr = encoder.escape(request.strToEncode)
  newParam = { uri: request.context.parameters.uri + encodedStr }
  request.context.parameters = newParam
  return addRequest(request)
end function
' @Params:
'   request: an AA containing a "context" node
'     Context node fields:
'      parameters: the request parameters: Headers, Method, and Url
'      num: the number related to the request
function addRequest(request as Object) as Boolean
  print "UriHandler.brs - [addRequest]"
  if type(request) = "roAssociativeArray"
    context = request.context
   if type(context) = "roSGNode"
      parameters = context.parameters
      if type(parameters)="roAssociativeArray"
        headers = parameters.headers
        method = parameters.method
       uri = parameters.uri
        if type(uri) = "roString"
          urlXfer = createObject("roUrlTransfer")
          urlXfer.SetCertificatesFile("common:/certs/ca-bundle.crt")
          urlXfer.InitClientCertificates()
          urlXfer.setUrl(uri)
          urlXfer.setPort(m.port)
          ' Add headers to the request
          for each header in headers
            urlXfer.AddHeader(header, headers.lookup(header))
          end for
          ' should transfer more stuff from parameters to urlXfer
          idKey = stri(urlXfer.getIdentity()).trim()
          'Make request based on request method
          ' AsyncGetToString returns false if the request couldn't be issued
          if method = "POST" or method = "PUT" or method = "DELETE"
            urlXfer.setRequest(method)
            ok = urlXfer.AsyncPostFromString("")
          else
            ok = urlXfer.AsyncGetToString()
          end if
          if ok then
            m.jobsById[idKey] = {
              context: request,
              xfer: urlXfer
            }
          else
            print "Error: request couldn't be issued"
          end if
        print "Initiating transfer '"; idkey; "' for URI '"; uri; "'"; " succeeded: "; ok
        else
          print "Error: invalid uri: "; uri
          m.top.numBadRequests++
     end if
      else
        print "Error: parameters is the wrong type: " + type(parameters)
        return false
      end if
   else
      print "Error: context is the wrong type: " + type(context)
    return false
   end if
  else
    print "Error: request is the wrong type: " + type(request)
    return false
  end if
  print "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"
  return true
end function
'Received a response
sub processResponse(msg as Object)
  print "UriHandler.brs - [processResponse]"
  idKey = stri(msg.GetSourceIdentity()).trim()
  job = m.jobsById[idKey]
  if job <> invalid
    context = job.context
    parameters = context.context.parameters
    jobnum = job.context.context.num
    uri = parameters.uri
    print "Response for transfer '"; idkey; "' for URI '"; uri; "'"
    result = {
      code:    msg.GetResponseCode(),
      headers: msg.GetResponseHeaders(),
      content: msg.GetString(),
      num:     jobnum
    }
    ' could handle various error codes, retry, etc. here
    m.jobsById.delete(idKey)
    job.context.context.response = result
    if msg.GetResponseCode() = 200
      if result.num = 3 or result.num = 4
        parseFollowedContent(job)
      else if result.num = 0
        parseResponse(job)
      else if result.num = 1
        parseLeaf(job)
      end if
    else if msg.GetResponseCode() = 204 and result.num = -7
      parseLogout(job)
    else if msg.GetResponseCode() = 204 and result.num = -10
      parseUnfollow(true)
    else
      if result.num > 0 and result.num < 3
        m.top.numBadRequests++
        m.top.numRowsReceived++
      else
        print "Error: status code was: " + (msg.GetResponseCode()).toStr()
      end if
    end if
  else
    print "Error: event for unknown job "; idkey
  end if
  print "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"
end sub
sub parseLeaf(job as object)
  print "UriHandler.brs - [parseLeaf]"
  result = job.context.context.response
  str = result.content
  num = result.num
  title = job.context.context.title
  xml = CreateObject("roXMLElement")
  if xml.parse(result.content)
    if xml.feed <> invalid
      row = CreateObject("roSGNode", "ContentNode")
      row.title = title
PRINT "ROW TITLE: "+row.title
      for each element in xml.getChildElements()
        if element.getChildElements() <> invalid
          contentNode = CreateObject("roSGNode","ContentNode")
          contentNode.hdposterurl = [email="element@hdImg"]element@hdImg[/email]
          contentNode.sdposterurl = [email="element@sdImg"]element@sdImg[/email]
          for each child in element.getchildElements()
            if child.getname() = "title"
              contentNode.title = child.getText()
  'print "LEAF TITLE: "+contentNode.title
            else if child.getname() = "contentId"
              contentnode.episodeNumber = child.gettext()
            else if child.getname() = "genres"
              contentnode.categories = child.getText()
            else if child.getname() = "streamFormat"
              contentnode.streamFormat = child.gettext()
            'else if child.getname() = "contentQuality"
            'contentnode.contentQuality = child.gettext()
            else if child.getname() = "media"
              for each item in child.getchildElements()
                if item.getname() = "streamQuality"
                  contentnode.rating = item.gettext()
                else if item.getname() = "streamBitrate"
                  contentNode.maxBandWidth = item.gettext().toint()
                else if item.getname() = "streamUrl"
                  contentNode.url = item.gettext()
                else
                  print "PARSING LEAF FOR: " ; item.getName() ; item.getText()
                end if
              end for
            else if child.getname() = "synopsis"
              contentnode.description = child.gettext()
            else if child.getname() = "genres"
              contentnode.shortdescriptionline1 = child.gettext()
            else if child.getname() = "runtime"
              contentnode.shortdescriptionline2 = child.gettext()
            end if
          end for
          row.appendChild(contentNode)
        end if
      end for
      if m.top.contentcache.hasfield(m.top.numRowsReceived.tostr()) then m.top.numRowsReceived++
      contentAA = {}
      contentAA[m.top.numRowsReceived.toStr()] = row
      m.top.contentCache.addFields(contentAA)

    end if
  end if
end sub
' For loading rowlist content
sub parseResponse(job as object)
  print "UriHandler.brs - [parseResponse]"
  result = job.context.context.response
  str = result.content
  num = result.num
  xml = CreateObject("roXMLElement")
  if xml.parse(result.content)
    if xml.category <> invalid
      if xml.category[0].GetName() = "category"
        print "begin category node parsing"
        categories = xml.GetChildElements()
        print "number of categories: " + categories.Count().toStr()
        contentRoot = CreateObject("roSGNode","ContentNode")
        contentRow = CreateObject("roSGNode","ContentNode")
        'Create a category node for each category'
        for each category in categories
          if category.getname() = "banner_ad"
            print "skipped banner_ad"
          else if category.getname() = "category"
            contentNode = CreateObject("roSGNode","ContentNode")
            print "category: " + [email="category@title"]category@title[/email] + " | " + [email="category@description"]category@description[/email]
            aa = {}
            aa.title = [email="category@title"]category@title[/email]
            aa.description = [email="category@description"]category@description[/email]
            aa.shortdescriptionline1 = [email="category@title"]category@title[/email]
            aa.shortdescriptionline2 = [email="category@description"]category@description[/email]
            aa.sdPosterUrl = [email="category@sd_img"]category@sd_img[/email]
            aa.hdposterurl = [email="category@hd_img"]category@hd_img[/email]
            m.count = 0
            categoryLeaves = category.getChildElements()
            for each leaf in categoryLeaves
              subAA = {}
              subAA.title = [email="leaf@title"]leaf@title[/email]
              subAA.url = [email="leaf@feed"]leaf@feed[/email]
              a = {}
              a[subAA.title] = subAA
              AddAndSetFields(contentNode, a)
              m.count++
            end for
            AddAndSetFields(contentNode,{count: m.count})
            AddAndSetFields(contentNode, aa)
            contentRow.appendChild(contentNode)
          end if
        end for
        contentRoot.appendChild(contentRow)
        m.top.content = contentRoot
      end if
    end if
  end if
  print "done with parseResponse"
end sub

' Callback function for when content has finished parsing
sub updateContent()
  print "UriHandler.brs - [updateContent]"
  if m.top.contentSet return
  if m.top.numRows - 1 = m.top.numRowsReceived
    parent = createObject("roSGNode", "ContentNode")
    for i = (m.top.numRows - m.top.numCurrentRows) to m.top.numRowsReceived
      parent.appendchild(m.top.contentCache.getField(i.toStr()))
    end for
    print "All content has finished loading"
    m.top.contentSet = true
    m.top.categorycontent = parent
    itemToCache = {}
    itemToCache[m.top.category] = parent
    AddAndSetFields(m.top.cache, itemToCache)
  else
    print "Not all content has finished loading yet"
  end if
end sub

[rsromeo]

Came up with my own solution.  I basically sort the array of associated array of content in the UpdateContent() sub and append it to parent once sorted.