-< Jason Zaugg

gistfile1.scala

case class Person(last: String, first: String)
val ps = List(Person("Smith", "Bob"), Person("Smith", "Bill"))
val psS = ps.sortBy(p => (p.last, p.first))

implicit val o = Ordering.by((p: Person) => (p.last, p.first))

ps.sorted



case class Reverse[T](t: T)
implicit def ReverseOrdering[T: Ordering]: Ordering[Reverse[T]] = Ordering[T].reverse.on(_.t)

ps.sortBy(p => (p.last, Reverse(p.first)))

/** 
 * An answer from Jason Zaugg on the scala-language mailing list
 * 
 *  items.orderBy( item => item.foo ).thenBy ( item => item.bar )
 */

scala> case class Reverse[T](t: T)
defined class Reverse

scala> implicit def ReverseOrdering[T: Ordering]: Ordering[Reverse[T]]
= Ordering[T].reverse.on(_.t)
ReverseOrdering: [T](implicit evidence$1: Ordering[T])Ordering[Reverse[T]]

scala> ps.sortBy(p => (p.last, Reverse(p.first)))
res21: List[Person] = List(Person(Smith,Bob), Person(Smith,Bill))