Sort the list of nodes under "instances" and "configurations" / FISH-759

[DeCaMil]

Description

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In the UI, sort the list of entries under "Instances" and "configurations"

Expected Outcome

The list of instances or configurations should be sorted by name.
When there are a large number of instances, it becomes time consuming scrolling through the list looking for the right name.

Current Outcome

Currently, the list is in order of creation (probably the order in which they appear in the domain.xml)

Environment

• Payara Version: 5.2020.2
• Edition: All
• JDK Version: Oracle 11.0.7
• Operating System: Windows Server 2016
• Database: Oracle 11g/19c, SQL Server 2016

[bhanuunrivalled]

Can you provide a screenshot ? where do you want this ?

[DeCaMil]

Here I created 3 instances in the order CCC, AAA, BBB and that's the order they appear under "Instances" in the UI.
With 3 instances, it's not an issue, but our production system has 24 instances and it can require scanning the entire list to find the correct instance. The same behavior is seen under "Configurations". I think the same is true for "Applications", but I'll need to check my work system to confirm that.

[AlanRoth]

Hi @DeCaMil,

Would you be able to make a PR with this tweak yourself? We recognise the usefulness of having an alphabetically sorted list, but we haven't had any reports with this issue - I have created an internal issue FISH-759, however keep in mind this will be a low priority issue and may take a while to be implemented, as our efforts are focused elsewhere currently. Hence it may be faster to make a PR yourself.

Thank you,
Alan