Hello!

I am referring to the code sample on Sorting Tables (apex tables) found here: http://wiki.developerforce.com/index.php/Sorting_Tables.

Now, even though this article says that code coverage with the included testmethods should be 100%, I am not getting this result. It comes to about 58% on the class superSort.

The lines not being tested are:

if(items[0].getSObjectType().getDescribe().fields.getMap().get(sortField).getDescribe().getType().Name() == 'REFERENCE'){
            isSortFieldReference = true;
            referenceName = new Map<Id,String>();
            
            /*Determine the type of this object and populate the Id to Name map*/
            Set<Id> referenceIds = new Set<Id>();
            for(sObject s : items){
               referenceIds.add((Id)s.get(sortField));
            }
            
            String objectID = (String)items[0].get(sortField);
            String prefix = objectID.substring(0,3);
            String objectType;
            Map<String, Schema.SObjectType> gd = Schema.getGlobalDescribe();
            for(Schema.SObjectType s : gd.values()){
                if(prefix == s.getDescribe().getKeyPrefix()){
                    objectType = s.getDescribe().Name;
                }
            }
            
            //Query the related objects for the name and populate the Id -> Name map
            String queryString = 'select Id, Name from ' + objectType + ' where ID IN :referenceIDs';
            for(sObject s : Database.query(queryString )){
                referenceName.put((Id)s.get('Id'),(String)s.get('Name'));
            }
        }

And the test method I am using is:

    public static testMethod void relatedSortTest(){
        
        List<Opportunity> opps = new List<Opportunity>();
        Account a = new Account();
        for(integer i = 0; i<1000; i++){
            opps.add(new Opportunity(Name = 'test' + i, Amount = 1, Account = a));
        }
        
        Test.startTest();
        sortList(opps,'Accountid','desc');
        Test.stopTest();
         
    }

Now, I believe the purpose of this piece of code is to allow sort on even a reference field which is why I am testing with Account on Opportunities, but somehow this is always throwing the following error message:

NullPointerException: Attempt to  de-reference  a null object - at this line - String prefix = objectID.substring(0,3);

Has anyone encountered this situation, or have a solution to this?

Thanks,

Pranav