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package com.google.common.collect;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.collect.CollectPreconditions.checkNonnegative;
import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.stream.Collector;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
/**
* Provides static methods for working with {@link Comparator} instances. For many other helpful
* comparator utilities, see either {@code Comparator} itself (for Java 8 or later), or {@code
* com.google.common.collect.Ordering} (otherwise).
*
* Relationship to {@code Ordering}
*
* In light of the significant enhancements to {@code Comparator} in Java 8, the overwhelming
* majority of usages of {@code Ordering} can be written using only built-in JDK APIs. This class is
* intended to "fill the gap" and provide those features of {@code Ordering} not already provided by
* the JDK.
*
* @since 21.0
* @author Louis Wasserman
*/
@GwtCompatible
public final class Comparators {
private Comparators() {}
/**
* Returns a new comparator which sorts iterables by comparing corresponding elements pairwise
* until a nonzero result is found; imposes "dictionary order." If the end of one iterable is
* reached, but not the other, the shorter iterable is considered to be less than the longer one.
* For example, a lexicographical natural ordering over integers considers {@code [] < [1] < [1,
* 1] < [1, 2] < [2]}.
*
*
Note that {@code Collections.reverseOrder(lexicographical(comparator))} is not equivalent to
* {@code lexicographical(Collections.reverseOrder(comparator))} (consider how each would order
* {@code [1]} and {@code [1, 1]}).
*/
// Note: 90% of the time we don't add type parameters or wildcards that serve only to "tweak" the
// desired return type. However, *nested* generics introduce a special class of problems that we
// think tip it over into being worthwhile.
@Beta
public static Comparator> lexicographical(Comparator comparator) {
return new LexicographicalOrdering(checkNotNull(comparator));
}
/**
* Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
* equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
* always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
*/
@Beta
public static boolean isInOrder(Iterable iterable, Comparator comparator) {
checkNotNull(comparator);
Iterator it = iterable.iterator();
if (it.hasNext()) {
T prev = it.next();
while (it.hasNext()) {
T next = it.next();
if (comparator.compare(prev, next) > 0) {
return false;
}
prev = next;
}
}
return true;
}
/**
* Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is strictly
* greater than the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that
* this is always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
*/
@Beta
public static boolean isInStrictOrder(
Iterable iterable, Comparator comparator) {
checkNotNull(comparator);
Iterator it = iterable.iterator();
if (it.hasNext()) {
T prev = it.next();
while (it.hasNext()) {
T next = it.next();
if (comparator.compare(prev, next) >= 0) {
return false;
}
prev = next;
}
}
return true;
}
/**
* Returns a {@code Collector} that returns the {@code k} smallest (relative to the specified
* {@code Comparator}) input elements, in ascending order, as an unmodifiable {@code List}. Ties
* are broken arbitrarily.
*
* For example:
*
*
{@code
* Stream.of("foo", "quux", "banana", "elephant")
* .collect(least(2, comparingInt(String::length)))
* // returns {"foo", "quux"}
* }
*
* This {@code Collector} uses O(k) memory and takes expected time O(n) (worst-case O(n log
* k)), as opposed to e.g. {@code Stream.sorted(comparator).limit(k)}, which currently takes O(n
* log n) time and O(n) space.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code k < 0}
* @since 22.0
*/
public static Collector> least(int k, Comparator comparator) {
checkNonnegative(k, "k");
checkNotNull(comparator);
return Collector.of(
() -> TopKSelector.least(k, comparator),
TopKSelector::offer,
TopKSelector::combine,
TopKSelector::topK,
Collector.Characteristics.UNORDERED);
}
/**
* Returns a {@code Collector} that returns the {@code k} greatest (relative to the specified
* {@code Comparator}) input elements, in descending order, as an unmodifiable {@code List}. Ties
* are broken arbitrarily.
*
* For example:
*
*
{@code
* Stream.of("foo", "quux", "banana", "elephant")
* .collect(greatest(2, comparingInt(String::length)))
* // returns {"elephant", "banana"}
* }
*
* This {@code Collector} uses O(k) memory and takes expected time O(n) (worst-case O(n log
* k)), as opposed to e.g. {@code Stream.sorted(comparator.reversed()).limit(k)}, which currently
* takes O(n log n) time and O(n) space.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code k < 0}
* @since 22.0
*/
public static Collector> greatest(int k, Comparator comparator) {
return least(k, comparator.reversed());
}
/**
* Returns a comparator of {@link Optional} values which treats {@link Optional#empty} as less
* than all other values, and orders the rest using {@code valueComparator} on the contained
* value.
*
* @since 22.0
*/
@Beta
public static Comparator> emptiesFirst(Comparator valueComparator) {
checkNotNull(valueComparator);
return Comparator.comparing(o -> o.orElse(null), Comparator.nullsFirst(valueComparator));
}
/**
* Returns a comparator of {@link Optional} values which treats {@link Optional#empty} as greater
* than all other values, and orders the rest using {@code valueComparator} on the contained
* value.
*
* @since 22.0
*/
@Beta
public static Comparator> emptiesLast(Comparator valueComparator) {
checkNotNull(valueComparator);
return Comparator.comparing(o -> o.orElse(null), Comparator.nullsLast(valueComparator));
}
/**
* Returns the minimum of the two values. If the values compare as 0, the first is returned.
*
* The recommended solution for finding the {@code minimum} of some values depends on the type
* of your data and the number of elements you have. Read more in the Guava User Guide article on
* {@code
* Comparators}.
*
* @param a first value to compare, returned if less than or equal to b.
* @param b second value to compare.
* @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not mutually comparable.
* @since 30.0
*/
@Beta
public static > T min(T a, T b) {
return (a.compareTo(b) <= 0) ? a : b;
}
/**
* Returns the minimum of the two values, according to the given comparator. If the values compare
* as equal, the first is returned.
*
* The recommended solution for finding the {@code minimum} of some values depends on the type
* of your data and the number of elements you have. Read more in the Guava User Guide article on
* {@code
* Comparators}.
*
* @param a first value to compare, returned if less than or equal to b
* @param b second value to compare.
* @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not mutually comparable using the given
* comparator.
* @since 30.0
*/
@Beta
public static T min(@Nullable T a, @Nullable T b, Comparator comparator) {
return (comparator.compare(a, b) <= 0) ? a : b;
}
/**
* Returns the maximum of the two values. If the values compare as 0, the first is returned.
*
* The recommended solution for finding the {@code maximum} of some values depends on the type
* of your data and the number of elements you have. Read more in the Guava User Guide article on
* {@code
* Comparators}.
*
* @param a first value to compare, returned if greater than or equal to b.
* @param b second value to compare.
* @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not mutually comparable.
* @since 30.0
*/
@Beta
public static > T max(T a, T b) {
return (a.compareTo(b) >= 0) ? a : b;
}
/**
* Returns the maximum of the two values, according to the given comparator. If the values compare
* as equal, the first is returned.
*
* The recommended solution for finding the {@code maximum} of some values depends on the type
* of your data and the number of elements you have. Read more in the Guava User Guide article on
* {@code
* Comparators}.
*
* @param a first value to compare, returned if greater than or equal to b.
* @param b second value to compare.
* @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not mutually comparable using the given
* comparator.
* @since 30.0
*/
@Beta
public static T max(@Nullable T a, @Nullable T b, Comparator comparator) {
return (comparator.compare(a, b) >= 0) ? a : b;
}
}