How to sort simple records in RMS

/*
J2ME: The Complete Reference

James Keogh

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

ISBN 0072227109

*/
//jad file (please verify the jar size)
/*
MIDlet-Name: SortExample
MIDlet-Version: 1.0
MIDlet-Vendor: MyCompany
MIDlet-Jar-URL: SortExample.jar
MIDlet-1: SortExample, , SortExample
MicroEdition-Configuration: CLDC-1.0
MicroEdition-Profile: MIDP-1.0
MIDlet-JAR-SIZE: 100

*/
import javax.microedition.rms.*;
import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import java.io.*;

public class SortExample extends MIDlet implements CommandListener
{
private Display display;
private Alert alert;
private Form form;
private Command exit;
private Command start;
private RecordStore recordstore = null;
private RecordEnumeration recordEnumeration = null;
private Comparator comparator = null;
public SortExample ()
{
display = Display.getDisplay(this);
exit = new Command("Exit", Command.SCREEN, 1);
start = new Command("Start", Command.SCREEN, 1);
form = new Form("Mixed RecordEnumeration", null);
form.addCommand(exit);
form.addCommand(start);
form.setCommandListener(this);
}
public void startApp()
{
display.setCurrent(form);
}
public void pauseApp()
{
}
public void destroyApp( boolean unconditional )
{
}
public void commandAction(Command command, Displayable displayable)
{
if (command == exit)
{
destroyApp(true);
notifyDestroyed();
}
else if (command == start)
{
try
{
recordstore = RecordStore.openRecordStore(
"myRecordStore", true );
}
catch (Exception error)
{
alert = new Alert("Error Creating",
error.toString(), null, AlertType.WARNING);
alert.setTimeout(Alert.FOREVER);
display.setCurrent(alert);
}
try
{
String outputData[] = {"Mary", "Bob", "Adam"};
for (int x = 0; x < 3; x++)
{
byte[] byteOutputData = outputData[x].getBytes();
recordstore.addRecord(byteOutputData, 0,
byteOutputData.length);
}
}
catch ( Exception error)
{
alert = new Alert("Error Writing",
error.toString(), null, AlertType.WARNING);
alert.setTimeout(Alert.FOREVER);
display.setCurrent(alert);
}
try
{
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
Comparator comparator = new Comparator();
recordEnumeration = recordstore.enumerateRecords(
null, comparator, false);
while (recordEnumeration.hasNextElement())
{
buffer.append(new String(recordEnumeration.nextRecord()));
buffer.append("\n");
}
alert = new Alert("Reading", buffer.toString() ,
null, AlertType.WARNING);
alert.setTimeout(Alert.FOREVER);
display.setCurrent(alert);
}
catch (Exception error)
{
alert = new Alert("Error Reading",
error.toString(), null, AlertType.WARNING);
alert.setTimeout(Alert.FOREVER);
display.setCurrent(alert);
}
try
{
recordstore.closeRecordStore();
}
catch (Exception error)
{
alert = new Alert("Error Closing",
error.toString(), null, AlertType.WARNING);
alert.setTimeout(Alert.FOREVER);
display.setCurrent(alert);
}
if (RecordStore.listRecordStores() != null)
{
try
{
RecordStore.deleteRecordStore("myRecordStore");
recordEnumeration.destroy();
}
catch (Exception error)
{
alert = new Alert("Error Removing",
error.toString(), null, AlertType.WARNING);
alert.setTimeout(Alert.FOREVER);
display.setCurrent(alert);
}
}
}
}
}
class Comparator implements RecordComparator
{
public int compare(byte[] record1, byte[] record2)
{
String string1 = new String(record1),
string2= new String(record2);
int comparison = string1.compareTo(string2);
if (comparison == 0)
return RecordComparator.EQUIVALENT;
else if (comparison < 0)
return RecordComparator.PRECEDES;
else
return RecordComparator.FOLLOWS;
}
}