Order the vm's isolate list by isolate start time.

runtime/observatory/lib/src/service/object.dart

Index: runtime/observatory/lib/src/service/object.dart
diff --git a/runtime/observatory/lib/src/service/object.dart b/runtime/observatory/lib/src/service/object.dart
index 9124595ca4155d06eb3c969d2fe2ae286a56d57a..d2b6020d9e4029e5867315633ddef9c4ec8a65f4 100644
--- a/runtime/observatory/lib/src/service/object.dart
+++ b/runtime/observatory/lib/src/service/object.dart
@@ -506,7 +506,8 @@ abstract class VM extends ServiceObjectOwner {
   final ObservableMap<String,Isolate> _isolateCache =
       new ObservableMap<String,Isolate>();
 
-  @reflectable Iterable<Isolate> get isolates => _isolateCache.values;
+  // The list of live isolates, ordered by isolate start time.
+  final ObservableList<Isolate> isolates = new ObservableList<Isolate>();
 
   @observable String version = 'unknown';
   @observable String targetCPU;
@@ -547,7 +548,8 @@ abstract class VM extends ServiceObjectOwner {
       var isolate = getFromMap(map['isolate']);
       event = new ServiceObject._fromMap(isolate, map);
       if (event.kind == ServiceEvent.kIsolateExit) {
-        _removeIsolate(isolate.id);
+        _isolateCache.remove(isolate.id);
+        _buildIsolateList();
       }
     }
     var eventStream = _eventStreams[streamId];
@@ -558,10 +560,28 @@ abstract class VM extends ServiceObjectOwner {
     }
   }
 
-  void _removeIsolate(String isolateId) {
-    assert(_isolateCache.containsKey(isolateId));
-    _isolateCache.remove(isolateId);
-    notifyPropertyChange(#isolates, true, false);
+  int _compareIsolates(Isolate a, Isolate b) {
+    var aStart = a.startTime;
+    var bStart = b.startTime;
+    if (aStart == null) {
+      if (bStart == null) {
+        return 0;
+      } else {
+        return 1;
+      }
+    }
+    if (bStart == null) {
+      return -1;
+    }
+    return aStart.compareTo(bStart);
+  }
+
+  void _buildIsolateList() {
+    var isolateList = _isolateCache.values.toList();
+    print("IL $isolateList");

[Cutch, 2015/08/05 21:41:56]

Remove print

+    isolateList.sort(_compareIsolates);
+    isolates.clear();
+    isolates.addAll(isolateList);
   }
 
   void _removeDeadIsolates(List newIsolates) {
@@ -576,8 +596,8 @@ abstract class VM extends ServiceObjectOwner {
         toRemove.add(id);
       }
     });
-    toRemove.forEach((id) => _removeIsolate(id));
-    notifyPropertyChange(#isolates, true, false);
+    toRemove.forEach((id) => _isolateCache.remove(id));
+    _buildIsolateList();
   }
 
   static final String _isolateIdPrefix = 'isolates/';
@@ -598,7 +618,7 @@ abstract class VM extends ServiceObjectOwner {
       // Add new isolate to the cache.
       isolate = new ServiceObject._fromMap(this, map);
       _isolateCache[id] = isolate;
-      notifyPropertyChange(#isolates, true, false);
+      _buildIsolateList();
 
       // Eagerly load the isolate.
       isolate.load().catchError((e, stack) {
@@ -1201,6 +1221,7 @@ class Isolate extends ServiceObjectOwner with Coverage {
     if (map['entry'] != null) {
       entry = map['entry'];
     }
+    var savedStartTime = startTime;
     var startTimeInMillis = map['startTime'];
     startTime = new DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(startTimeInMillis);
     notifyPropertyChange(#upTime, 0, 1);
@@ -1250,6 +1271,9 @@ class Isolate extends ServiceObjectOwner with Coverage {
     libraries.clear();
     libraries.addAll(map['libraries']);
     libraries.sort(ServiceObject.LexicalSortName);
+    if (savedStartTime == null) {
+      vm._buildIsolateList();
+    }
   }
 
   Future<TagProfile> updateTagProfile() {
@@ -1568,7 +1592,7 @@ class Isolate extends ServiceObjectOwner with Coverage {
     return Future.wait([refreshDartMetrics(), refreshNativeMetrics()]);
   }
 
-  String toString() => "Isolate($_id)";
+  String toString() => "Isolate($name)";
 }
 
 /// A [ServiceObject] which implements [ObservableMap].