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// Copyright (c) 2011-present, Facebook, Inc.  All rights reserved.
//  This source code is licensed under both the GPLv2 (found in the
//  COPYING file in the root directory) and Apache 2.0 License
//  (found in the LICENSE.Apache file in the root directory).

package org.rocksdb;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

/**
 * Comparators are used by RocksDB to determine
 * the ordering of keys.
 *
 * Implementations of Comparators in Java should extend this class.
 */
public abstract class AbstractComparator
    extends RocksCallbackObject {

  AbstractComparator() {
    super();
  }

  protected AbstractComparator(final ComparatorOptions copt) {
    super(copt.nativeHandle_);
  }

  @Override
  protected long initializeNative(final long... nativeParameterHandles) {
      return createNewComparator(nativeParameterHandles[0]);
  }

  /**
   * Get the type of this comparator.
   *
   * Used for determining the correct C++ cast in native code.
   *
   * @return The type of the comparator.
   */
  ComparatorType getComparatorType() {
    return ComparatorType.JAVA_COMPARATOR;
  }

  /**
   * The name of the comparator.  Used to check for comparator
   * mismatches (i.e., a DB created with one comparator is
   * accessed using a different comparator).
   *
   * A new name should be used whenever
   * the comparator implementation changes in a way that will cause
   * the relative ordering of any two keys to change.
   *
   * Names starting with "rocksdb." are reserved and should not be used.
   *
   * @return The name of this comparator implementation
   */
  public abstract String name();

  /**
   * Three-way key comparison. Implementations should provide a
   * total order
   * on keys that might be passed to it.
   *
   * The implementation may modify the {@code ByteBuffer}s passed in, though
   * it would be unconventional to modify the "limit" or any of the
   * underlying bytes. As a callback, RocksJava will ensure that {@code a}
   * is a different instance from {@code b}.
   *
   * @param a buffer containing the first key in its "remaining" elements
   * @param b buffer containing the second key in its "remaining" elements
   *
   * @return Should return either:
   *    1) < 0 if "a" < "b"
   *    2) == 0 if "a" == "b"
   *    3) > 0 if "a" > "b"
   */
  public abstract int compare(final ByteBuffer a, final ByteBuffer b);

  /**
   * Used to reduce the space requirements
   * for internal data structures like index blocks.
   *
   * If start < limit, you may modify start which is a
   * shorter string in [start, limit).
   *
   * If you modify start, it is expected that you set the byte buffer so that
   * a subsequent read of start.remaining() bytes from start.position()
   * to start.limit() will obtain the new start value.
   *
   * Simple comparator implementations may return with start unchanged.
   * i.e., an implementation of this method that does nothing is correct.
   *
   * @param start the start
   * @param limit the limit
   */
  public void findShortestSeparator(final ByteBuffer start,
      final ByteBuffer limit) {
    // no-op
  }

  /**
   * Used to reduce the space requirements
   * for internal data structures like index blocks.
   *
   * You may change key to a shorter key (key1) where
   * key1 ≥ key.
   *
   * Simple comparator implementations may return the key unchanged.
   * i.e., an implementation of
   * this method that does nothing is correct.
   *
   * @param key the key
   */
  public void findShortSuccessor(final ByteBuffer key) {
    // no-op
  }

  public final boolean usingDirectBuffers() {
    return usingDirectBuffers(nativeHandle_);
  }

  private native boolean usingDirectBuffers(final long nativeHandle);

  private native long createNewComparator(final long comparatorOptionsHandle);
}