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package com.phloc.commons.compare;

import java.util.Comparator;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * This class is an {@link AbstractComparator} that extracts a certain data
 * element from the main object to compare.
 * 
 * @author Philip Helger
 * @param 
 *        The data type to be compared
 * @param 
 *        The part type that is extracted from the data element and compared
 */
public abstract class AbstractPartComparatorComparable > extends
                                                                                                                  AbstractComparator 
{
  /**
   * Comparator with default sort order.
   */
  public AbstractPartComparatorComparable ()
  {
    super ();
  }

  /**
   * Constructor with sort order.
   * 
   * @param eSortOrder
   *        The sort order to use. May not be null.
   */
  public AbstractPartComparatorComparable (@Nonnull final ESortOrder eSortOrder)
  {
    super (eSortOrder);
  }

  /**
   * Comparator with default sort order and a nested comparator.
   * 
   * @param aNestedComparator
   *        The nested comparator to be invoked, when the main comparison
   *        resulted in 0.
   */
  public AbstractPartComparatorComparable (@Nullable final Comparator  aNestedComparator)
  {
    super (aNestedComparator);
  }

  /**
   * Comparator with sort order and a nested comparator.
   * 
   * @param eSortOrder
   *        The sort order to use. May not be null.
   * @param aNestedComparator
   *        The nested comparator to be invoked, when the main comparison
   *        resulted in 0.
   */
  public AbstractPartComparatorComparable (@Nonnull final ESortOrder eSortOrder,
                                           @Nullable final Comparator  aNestedComparator)
  {
    super (eSortOrder, aNestedComparator);
  }

  @Nullable
  protected abstract PARTTYPE getPart (DATATYPE aObject);

  @Override
  protected final int mainCompare (final DATATYPE aElement1, final DATATYPE aElement2)
  {
    final PARTTYPE aPart1 = getPart (aElement1);
    final PARTTYPE aPart2 = getPart (aElement2);
    return CompareUtils.nullSafeCompare (aPart1, aPart2);
  }
}