Using tables in user interfaces, it is often necessary to be able to sort the table content according to the elements contained in a specific column. The xUML UIs implicitly rely on the data types provided by the jQuery library and plug-ins. To render tables and their contents, the Datatables plug-in is used. This plug-in already provides standard sort functions for strings or numeric fields. Some date formats are provided as well.
However, you sometimes need custom sort functions, e.g. a function which sorts a column according to a date in German long format which may or may not be followed by additional characters.
This is easily possible and integrates smoothly with the xUML UI.