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package org.apache.commons.collections.comparators;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Comparator;
/**
* A {@link Comparator} for {@link Boolean} objects that can sort either
* true or false first.
*
* @see #getTrueFirstComparator()
* @see #getFalseFirstComparator()
* @see #getBooleanComparator(boolean)
*
* @since Commons Collections 3.0
* @version $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 14:33:15 +0200 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
*
* @author Rodney Waldhoff
*/
public final class BooleanComparator implements Comparator, Serializable {
/** Serialization version. */
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1830042991606340609L;
/** Constant "true first" reference. */
private static final BooleanComparator TRUE_FIRST = new BooleanComparator(true);
/** Constant "false first" reference. */
private static final BooleanComparator FALSE_FIRST = new BooleanComparator(false);
/** true iff true values sort before false values. */
private boolean trueFirst = false;
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Returns a BooleanComparator instance that sorts
* true values before false values.
*
* Clients are encouraged to use the value returned from
* this method instead of constructing a new instance
* to reduce allocation and garbage collection overhead when
* multiple BooleanComparators may be used in the same
* virtual machine.
*
* @return the true first singleton BooleanComparator
*/
public static BooleanComparator getTrueFirstComparator() {
return TRUE_FIRST;
}
/**
* Returns a BooleanComparator instance that sorts
* false values before true values.
*
* Clients are encouraged to use the value returned from
* this method instead of constructing a new instance
* to reduce allocation and garbage collection overhead when
* multiple BooleanComparators may be used in the same
* virtual machine.
*
* @return the false first singleton BooleanComparator
*/
public static BooleanComparator getFalseFirstComparator() {
return FALSE_FIRST;
}
/**
* Returns a BooleanComparator instance that sorts
* trueFirst values before
* !trueFirst values.
*
* Clients are encouraged to use the value returned from
* this method instead of constructing a new instance
* to reduce allocation and garbage collection overhead when
* multiple BooleanComparators may be used in the same
* virtual machine.
*
* @param trueFirst when true, sort
* true Booleans before false
* @return a singleton BooleanComparator instance
*/
public static BooleanComparator getBooleanComparator(boolean trueFirst) {
return trueFirst ? TRUE_FIRST : FALSE_FIRST;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Creates a BooleanComparator that sorts
* false values before true values.
*
* Equivalent to {@link #BooleanComparator(boolean) BooleanComparator(false)}.
*
* Please use the static factory instead whenever possible.
*/
public BooleanComparator() {
this(false);
}
/**
* Creates a BooleanComparator that sorts
* trueFirst values before
* !trueFirst values.
*
* Please use the static factories instead whenever possible.
*
* @param trueFirst when true, sort
* true boolean values before false
*/
public BooleanComparator(boolean trueFirst) {
this.trueFirst = trueFirst;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Compares two arbitrary Objects.
* When both arguments are Boolean, this method is equivalent to
* {@link #compare(Boolean,Boolean) compare((Boolean)obj1,(Boolean)obj2)}.
* When either argument is not a Boolean, this methods throws
* a {@link ClassCastException}.
*
* @param obj1 the first object to compare
* @param obj2 the second object to compare
* @return negative if obj1 is less, positive if greater, zero if equal
* @throws ClassCastException when either argument is not Boolean
*/
public int compare(Object obj1, Object obj2) {
return compare((Boolean)obj1, (Boolean)obj2);
}
/**
* Compares two non-null Boolean objects
* according to the value of {@link #sortsTrueFirst()}.
*
* @param b1 the first boolean to compare
* @param b2 the second boolean to compare
* @return negative if obj1 is less, positive if greater, zero if equal
* @throws NullPointerException when either argument null
*/
public int compare(Boolean b1, Boolean b2) {
boolean v1 = b1.booleanValue();
boolean v2 = b2.booleanValue();
return (v1 ^ v2) ? ( (v1 ^ trueFirst) ? 1 : -1 ) : 0;
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Implement a hash code for this comparator that is consistent with
* {@link #equals(Object) equals}.
*
* @return a hash code for this comparator.
*/
public int hashCode() {
int hash = "BooleanComparator".hashCode();
return trueFirst ? -1 * hash : hash;
}
/**
* Returns true iff that Object is
* is a {@link Comparator} whose ordering is known to be
* equivalent to mine.
*
* This implementation returns true
* iff that is a {@link BooleanComparator}
* whose value of {@link #sortsTrueFirst()} is equal to mine.
*
* @param object the object to compare to
* @return true if equal
*/
public boolean equals(Object object) {
return (this == object) ||
((object instanceof BooleanComparator) &&
(this.trueFirst == ((BooleanComparator)object).trueFirst));
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Returns true iff
* I sort true values before
* false values. In other words,
* returns true iff
* {@link #compare(Boolean,Boolean) compare(Boolean.FALSE,Boolean.TRUE)}
* returns a positive value.
*
* @return the trueFirst flag
*/
public boolean sortsTrueFirst() {
return trueFirst;
}
}