Add support for sorting

[cdprete]

Hello.

I was requesting this feature in spring-projects/spring-data-ldap#585, but I was suggested in there to open a ticket here instead.

The feature is about supporting proper sorting, by taking into account also the data type of the involved fields.

[jzheaux]

Hi, @cdprete, thanks for reaching out and for the suggestion. Can you say a little more about what you are trying to do and where you would expect this support to show up?

Ideally, you could provide a code sample that shows what isn't working for you today and how you would like it to work.

[cdprete]

Hi, @cdprete, thanks for reaching out and for the suggestion. Can you say a little more about what you are trying to do and where you would expect this support to show up?

Ideally, you could provide a code sample that shows what isn't working for you today and how you would like it to work.

Hi @jzheaux.

My idea was to be able to write queries like findAllABCOrderByXYZ in Spring Data LDAP like you can, as of today, do with Spring Data JPA.
Please check out the linked ticket for further details. I think there are enough details in there already.