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 * Copyright 2003-2009 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package groovy.util;

import groovy.lang.Closure;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * A helper class for sorting objects via a closure to return the field
 * or operation on which to sort.
 * 
 * @author James Strachan
 * @version $Revision: 16878 $
 */
public class OrderBy implements Comparator {

    private List closures;

    public OrderBy() {
        this.closures = new ArrayList();
    }

    public OrderBy(Closure closure) {
        this();
        closures.add(closure);
    }

    public OrderBy(List closures) {
        this.closures = closures;
    }

    public void add(Closure closure) {
        closures.add(closure);
    }

    public int compare(T object1, T object2) {
        for (Closure closure : closures) {
            Object value1 = closure.call(object1);
            Object value2 = closure.call(object2);

            if (value1 == value2) {
                continue;
            }
            if (value1 == null) {
                return -1;
            }
            if (value1 instanceof Comparable) {
                Comparable c1 = (Comparable) value1;
                int result = c1.compareTo(value2);
                if (result == 0) {
                    continue;
                } else {
                    return result;
                }
            }
            if (value1.equals(value2)) {
                continue;
            }
            return value1.hashCode() - value2.hashCode();
        }
        return 0;
    }
}