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Holds the stuff which is common for both inbound and outbound messages and should be shared between them.

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package no.difi.oxalis.commons.util;

import no.difi.oxalis.api.util.Sort;

import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * Class containing methods to make Sortable interface and Sort
 * annotation useful.
 *
 * @author erlend
 */
public class Sortables {

    /**
     * Method extracting order value from a given object.
     *
     * @param  The type of the elements to be sorted.
     * @param o   Object to extract value for comparison.
     * @return Value used to compare.
     */
    public static  int extract(T o) {
        if (o.getClass().isAnnotationPresent(Sort.class))
            return o.getClass().getAnnotation(Sort.class).value();

        return 0;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a comparator.
     *
     * @param  The type of the elements to be sorted.
     * @return Comparator to be used for sorting.
     */
    public static  Comparator comparator() {
        return Comparator.comparingInt(Sortables::extract);
    }
}