// Get the good old query builder
QueryBuilder qb = searchFactory.buildQueryBuilder().forEntity( Person.class ).get();

// sort by score or index order
Sort sort = qb.sort().byScore().createSort();
Sort sort = qb.sort().byIndexOrder().createSort();

// sort by 2 fields and then by score, one in descending order
Sort sort = qb.sort()
    .byField("age").desc()
    .andByField("profession")
    .andByScore()
    .createSort();

// sort by native comparator
Sort sort = qb.sort().byField("name").withComparator(comparator).createSort();

// place missing values first or last in the order
Sort sort = qb.sort().byField("nickname")
    .onMissingValue().putLast() //.putFirst()
    .createSort();

// consider missing values are being equal to 0 in the sort
Sort sort = qb.sort()
    .byField("numberOfKids")
        .desc()
        .onMissingValue().replaceWith(0) //should we restrict to numeric types?
    .createSort();

// sort by distance from a Point and allowing ES computation method
// TODO ask niko if we can have the sloppy_arc, arc and plane options in plain Lucene
Sort sort = qb.sort()
    .byDistance()
        .onField("location").asc()
            .fromCoordinates(Point)
            .in(Unit.KM) // => ES specific, might be useless
            .withComputeMethod(SLOPPY_ARC) //ARC, PLANE => ES specific
    .createSort();

// sort by latitude and longitude
Sort sort = qb.sort()
    .byDistance()
        .onField("location")
            .fromLatitude(lat).andLongitude(long)
    .createSort();

//TODO should we do something like this to avoid the coordinate and field name duplication?
Query sq = qb.spatial().onField("location").within(51, Unit.KM).ofCoordinates(coordinates).createQuery();
Sort sort = qb.sort().byDistance().fromSpatialQuery(sq).desc().createSort();

// Native Lucene
Sort sort = qb.sort().native(SortField).createSort();
// Native Elasticsearch
Sort sort = qb.sort().native("{ \"sort\": [ \"_score\" ] }").createSort();

// sorting with multivalue fields
Sort sort = qb.sort().byScores("scores").treatMultiValueAs(MIN).createSort(); // MAX, AVG, SUM, MEDIAN