Create a sort order for interfaces based on their location.

client/gui/implementations/GuiInterfaceTerminal.java

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class GuiInterfaceTerminal extends AEBaseGui
 				{
 					long id = Long.parseLong( key.substring( 1 ), Character.MAX_RADIX );
 					NBTTagCompound invData = in.getCompoundTag( key );
-					ClientDCInternalInv current = getById( id, invData.getString( "un" ) );
+					ClientDCInternalInv current = getById( id, invData.getLong( "sortBy" ), invData.getString( "un" ) );
 
 					for (int x = 0; x < current.inv.getSizeInventory(); x++)
 					{
@@ -182,21 +182,29 @@ public class GuiInterfaceTerminal extends AEBaseGui
 			for (String n : names)
 			{
 				lines.add( n );
-				for (ClientDCInternalInv i : byName.get( n ))
+
+				ArrayList<ClientDCInternalInv> lset = new ArrayList();
+				lset.addAll( byName.get( n ) );
+
+				Collections.sort( lset );
+
+				for (ClientDCInternalInv i : lset)
+				{
 					lines.add( i );
+				}
 			}
 
 			myScrollBar.setRange( 0, getTotalRows() - 6, 2 );
 		}
 	}
 
-	private ClientDCInternalInv getById(long id, String string)
+	private ClientDCInternalInv getById(long id, long sortBy, String string)
 	{
 		ClientDCInternalInv o = byId.get( id );
 
 		if ( o == null )
 		{
-			byId.put( id, o = new ClientDCInternalInv( 9, id, string ) );
+			byId.put( id, o = new ClientDCInternalInv( 9, id, sortBy, string ) );
 			refreshList = true;
 		}
 

client/me/ClientDCInternalInv.java

@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@ package appeng.client.me;
 
 import net.minecraft.util.StatCollector;
 import appeng.tile.inventory.AppEngInternalInventory;
+import appeng.util.ItemSorters;
 
-public class ClientDCInternalInv
+public class ClientDCInternalInv implements Comparable<ClientDCInternalInv>
 {
 
 	final public String unlocalizedName;
-	final public long id;
 	final public AppEngInternalInventory inv;
+	final public long id;
+	final public long sortBy;
 
-	public ClientDCInternalInv(int size, long id, String unlocalizedName) {
+	public ClientDCInternalInv(int size, long id, long sortBy, String unlocalizedName) {
 		inv = new AppEngInternalInventory( null, size );
 		this.unlocalizedName = unlocalizedName;
 		this.id = id;
+		this.sortBy = sortBy;
 	}
 
 	public String getName()
@@ -24,4 +27,10 @@ public class ClientDCInternalInv
 		return s;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public int compareTo(ClientDCInternalInv o)
+	{
+		return ItemSorters.compareLong( sortBy, o.sortBy );
+	}
+
 }

container/implementations/ContainerInterfaceTerminal.java

@@ -45,14 +45,16 @@ public class ContainerInterfaceTerminal extends AEBaseContainer
 		long which = autoBase++;
 		String unlocalizedName;
 
-		public InvTracker(IInventory patterns, String unlocalizedName) {
+		public InvTracker(DualityInterface dual, IInventory patterns, String unlocalizedName) {
 			server = patterns;
 			client = new AppEngInternalInventory( null, server.getSizeInventory() );
 			this.unlocalizedName = unlocalizedName;
+			this.sortBy = dual.getSortValue();
 		}
 
 		IInventory client;
 		IInventory server;
+		public long sortBy;
 
 	};
 
@@ -263,14 +265,14 @@ public class ContainerInterfaceTerminal extends AEBaseContainer
 				{
 					IInterfaceHost ih = (IInterfaceHost) gn.getMachine();
 					DualityInterface dual = ih.getInterfaceDuality();
-					diList.put( ih, new InvTracker( dual.getPatterns(), dual.getTermName() ) );
+					diList.put( ih, new InvTracker( dual, dual.getPatterns(), dual.getTermName() ) );
 				}
 
 				for (IGridNode gn : g.getMachines( PartInterface.class ))
 				{
 					IInterfaceHost ih = (IInterfaceHost) gn.getMachine();
 					DualityInterface dual = ih.getInterfaceDuality();
-					diList.put( ih, new InvTracker( dual.getPatterns(), dual.getTermName() ) );
+					diList.put( ih, new InvTracker( dual, dual.getPatterns(), dual.getTermName() ) );
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -291,7 +293,10 @@ public class ContainerInterfaceTerminal extends AEBaseContainer
 		NBTTagCompound invv = data.getCompoundTag( name );
 
 		if ( invv.hasNoTags() )
+		{
+			invv.setLong( "sortBy", inv.sortBy );
 			invv.setString( "un", inv.unlocalizedName );
+		}
 
 		for (int x = 0; x < length; x++)
 		{

helpers/DualityInterface.java

@@ -1045,4 +1045,10 @@ public class DualityInterface implements IGridTickable, ISegmentedInventory, ISt
 
 		return "Nothing";
 	}
+
+	public long getSortValue()
+	{
+		TileEntity te = iHost.getTileEntity();
+		return (te.zCoord << 24) ^ (te.xCoord << 8) ^ te.yCoord;
+	}
 }