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package org.apache.commons.codec;

import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * Compares Strings using a {@link StringEncoder}. This comparator is used to sort Strings by an encoding scheme such as
 * Soundex, Metaphone, etc. This class can come in handy if one need to sort Strings by an encoded form of a name such
 * as Soundex.
 *
 * This class is immutable and thread-safe.
 *
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
// TODO ought to implement Comparator but that's not possible whilst maintaining binary compatibility.
public class StringEncoderComparator implements Comparator {

    /**
     * Internal encoder instance.
     */
    private final StringEncoder stringEncoder;

    /**
     * Constructs a new instance.
     *
     * @deprecated Creating an instance without a {@link StringEncoder} leads to a {@link NullPointerException}. Will be
     *             removed in 2.0.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public StringEncoderComparator() {
        this.stringEncoder = null; // Trying to use this will cause things to break
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new instance with the given algorithm.
     *
     * @param stringEncoder
     *            the StringEncoder used for comparisons.
     */
    public StringEncoderComparator(final StringEncoder stringEncoder) {
        this.stringEncoder = stringEncoder;
    }

    /**
     * Compares two strings based not on the strings themselves, but on an encoding of the two strings using the
     * StringEncoder this Comparator was created with.
     *
     * If an {@link EncoderException} is encountered, return {@code 0}.
     *
     * @param o1
     *            the object to compare
     * @param o2
     *            the object to compare to
     * @return the Comparable.compareTo() return code or 0 if an encoding error was caught.
     * @see Comparable
     */
    @Override
    public int compare(final Object o1, final Object o2) {

        int compareCode = 0;

        try {
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // May fail with CCE if encode returns something that is not Comparable
            // However this was always the case.
            final Comparable> s1 = (Comparable>) this.stringEncoder.encode(o1);
            final Comparable s2 = (Comparable) this.stringEncoder.encode(o2);
            compareCode = s1.compareTo(s2);
        } catch (final EncoderException ee) {
            compareCode = 0;
        }
        return compareCode;
    }

}