---
title: SortDescriptor
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Structure
path: foundation/sortdescriptor
---

# SortDescriptor

A serializable description of how to sort numerics and strings.

## Declaration

```swift
struct SortDescriptor<Compared>
```

## Topics

### Creating Sort Descriptors

- [init(_:comparing:)](foundation/sortdescriptor/init(_:comparing:).md)

### Using Sort Descriptors

- [compare(_:_:)](foundation/sortdescriptor/compare(_:_:).md)

### Inspecting Sort Descriptors

- [order](foundation/sortdescriptor/order.md)

### Initializers

- [init(_:comparator:)](foundation/sortdescriptor/init(_:comparator:)-16bsg.md)
- [init(_:comparator:)](foundation/sortdescriptor/init(_:comparator:)-1xorc.md)
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### Instance Properties

- [keyPath](foundation/sortdescriptor/keypath.md)
- [stringComparator](foundation/sortdescriptor/stringcomparator.md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [Decodable](swift/decodable.md)
- [Encodable](swift/encodable.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)
- [SortComparator](foundation/sortcomparator.md)

## See Also

### Sorting

- [NSSortDescriptor](foundation/nssortdescriptor.md)
- [ComparisonResult](foundation/comparisonresult.md)
- [SortComparator](foundation/sortcomparator.md)
- [ComparableComparator](foundation/comparablecomparator.md)
- [KeyPathComparator](foundation/keypathcomparator.md)
- [SortOrder](foundation/sortorder.md)