sort

public List<FoodItem> sort(String[] params){
        String sortCriteria = params[0];
        String order = params[1];

        String query = "SELECT * FROM " +TABLE_NAME+ " "
                + "ORDER BY ? ?";

        try (Connection connection = getConnection();
                PreparedStatement ps = connection.prepareStatement(query)){

            System.out.println("sortCriteria in sort: " +sortCriteria);
            System.out.println("order.toUpperCase in sort: " +order.toUpperCase());
            String sortCriteria2 = String.format(SQL, "SUBSTR(DSN,27,16)");
            ps.setString(1, sortCriteria2 );
            ps.setString(2, order.toUpperCase());

            ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery();
            List<FoodItem> foodItemsList = populateListFromResultSet(rs);

            if (foodItemsList == null){
                return null;
            }

            Stat sortStat = convertStringToStat(sortCriteria);

            if (sortStat == null){
                return null;
            }

            List<FoodItem> sortedList = this.sorter.sortByStat(foodItemsList, sortStat);
            return sortedList;


        } catch (SQLException e){
            System.out.println("yuh");
            System.err.println(e);
            return null;
        }
    }