mongodb issue in java with limit and sort

Question

Collection:progs

{ "_id" : "ABC", "defaultDirectory" : "abc", "defaultRecvDirectory" : "abc" }
{ "_id" : "RAS", "defaultRecvDirectory" : "recv/ras" }
{ "_id" : "SND", "defaultSendDirectory" : "send/snd" }

In the mongo console:

db.progs.find({"_id":{"$lt":"ZZZZZZZZZ"}}).sort({"_id":-1}).limit(1);

==>    { "_id" : "SND", "defaultSendDirectory" : "send/snd" }

In Java:

    BasicDBObject query = new BasicDBObject();
    query.put("_id", new BasicDBObject("$lt", "ZZZZZZZZZZ"));
    DBCursor cursor = collection.find(query).sort(new BasicDBObject("_id","-1")).limit(1);
    for (DBObject dbObject : cursor) {
        System.out.println(dbObject);
    }

==>    { "_id" : "ABC", "defaultSendDirectory" : "abc", "defaultRecvDirectory" : "abc" }

Someone can explain the difference?

Answer 1

Remove the quotes from the "-1" in your sort:

DBCursor cursor = collection.find(query).sort(new BasicDBObject("_id",-1)).limit(1);

Or use Mongodb ASC/DESC constants from com.mongodb.operation.OrderBy instead of hardcoding 1 / -1

Example:

DBCursor cursor = collection.find(query).sort(new BasicDBObject("_id", OrderBy.DESC.getIntRepresentation())).limit(1);

Answer 2

Another version based on MongoTemplate:

public List<?> findLimitedSorted(Query query, Object target, String startFrom) {
    query.limit(100);
    query.with(new Sort(Sort.Direction.ASC, "<field_name>"));
    return getMongoTemplate().find(query, target.getClass());
}