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package org.apache.hadoop.io.serializer;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Comparator;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.InputBuffer;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.RawComparator;

/**
 * 
 * A {@link RawComparator} that uses a {@link Deserializer} to deserialize
 * the objects to be compared so that the standard {@link Comparator} can
 * be used to compare them.
 * 
 * 
 * One may optimize compare-intensive operations by using a custom
 * implementation of {@link RawComparator} that operates directly
 * on byte representations.
 * 
 * @param 
 */
@InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate({"HDFS", "MapReduce"})
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public abstract class DeserializerComparator implements RawComparator {
  
  private InputBuffer buffer = new InputBuffer();
  private Deserializer deserializer;
  
  private T key1;
  private T key2;

  protected DeserializerComparator(Deserializer deserializer)
    throws IOException {
    
    this.deserializer = deserializer;
    this.deserializer.open(buffer);
  }

  @Override
  public int compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2) {
    try {
      
      buffer.reset(b1, s1, l1);
      key1 = deserializer.deserialize(key1);
      
      buffer.reset(b2, s2, l2);
      key2 = deserializer.deserialize(key2);
      
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException(e);
    }
    return compare(key1, key2);
  }

}