How to use

compareCatalogItems

method

in

org.geoserver.security.impl.DataAccessRule

/**
 * Comparison implemented so that generic rules get first, specific one are compared by name,
 * and if anything else is equal, read comes before write
 */
public int compareTo(DataAccessRule other) {
  int compareRoot = compareCatalogItems(root, other.root);
  if (compareRoot != 0) return compareRoot;
  int compareLayer = compareCatalogItems(layer, other.layer);
  if (compareLayer != 0) return compareLayer;
  if (accessMode.equals(other.accessMode)) return 0;
  else return accessMode.equals(AccessMode.READ) ? -1 : 1;
}