• Starting with a picklist that is sorted alpha  “ Sort values alphabetically, not in the order entered.”
• V19 of the metadata wsdl

1)      add a value through the metadata api.

2)      add a value through the metadata api and setSorted(true); to the pl in the code.

In both 1) and 2) this value shows as the first value even though by alpha it would not be. Suggestions?

System.out.println("^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ");
long waitTimeMilliSecs = 1000;

String objectName = "MyObject__c";
String fieldName = "MyPickListField__c";
String fieldLabel = "MyPickListField";

HashSet<String> ValuesToProcess = new HashSet<String>();

ValuesToProcess.add("NewPickListValue");

CustomField field = new CustomField();
field.setFullName(objectName + "." + fieldName);

field.setType(FieldType.Picklist);

field.setLabel(fieldLabel);
Picklist PicklistToManipulate = new Picklist();

PicklistValue tmpPicklistValue = new PicklistValue();
String toAdd;
Integer i = 0;

Iterator<String> processIterator = ValuesToProcess.iterator();
PicklistValue[] allPicklistValues = new PicklistValue[ValuesToProcess.size()];

while (processIterator.hasNext()) {
	toAdd = processIterator.next();
	System.out.println("to add " + toAdd);
	tmpPicklistValue = new PicklistValue();
	tmpPicklistValue.setFullName(toAdd);
	allPicklistValues[i++] = tmpPicklistValue;
}
PicklistToManipulate.setPicklistValues(allPicklistValues);

//setSorted?
System.out.println("setSorted(true)");
PicklistToManipulate.setSorted(true);		

field.setPicklist(PicklistToManipulate);


UpdateMetadata updateMetadata = new UpdateMetadata();
updateMetadata.setMetadata(field);
updateMetadata.setCurrentName(objectName + "." + fieldName);

AsyncResult[] ars;
try {
	ars = metadatabinding.update(new UpdateMetadata[] { updateMetadata });

	AsyncResult asyncResult = ars[0];
	while (!asyncResult.isDone()) {
		Thread.sleep(waitTimeMilliSecs);
		// double the wait time for the next iteration
		waitTimeMilliSecs *= 2;
		asyncResult = metadatabinding.checkStatus(new String[] { asyncResult.getId() })[0];
		System.out.println("Status is: " + asyncResult.getState());
	}
	if (asyncResult.getState() != AsyncRequestState.Completed) {
		throw new Exception(asyncResult.getStatusCode() + " msg: " + asyncResult.getMessage());
	}

} catch (Exception e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
}