001/*
002 * Copyright (C) 2009 The Guava Authors
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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016
017package com.google.common.collect;
018
019import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
020import com.google.common.primitives.Booleans;
021import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
022import com.google.common.primitives.Longs;
023
024import java.util.Comparator;
025
026import javax.annotation.Nullable;
027
028/**
029 * A utility for performing a "lazy" chained comparison statement, which 
030 * performs comparisons only until it finds a nonzero result. For example:
031 * <pre>   {@code
032 *
033 *   public int compareTo(Foo that) {
034 *     return ComparisonChain.start()
035 *         .compare(this.aString, that.aString)
036 *         .compare(this.anInt, that.anInt)
037 *         .compare(this.anEnum, that.anEnum, Ordering.natural().nullsLast())
038 *         .result();
039 *   }}</pre>
040 *
041 * The value of this expression will have the same sign as the <i>first
042 * nonzero</i> comparison result in the chain, or will be zero if every
043 * comparison result was zero.
044 *
045 * <p>Once any comparison returns a nonzero value, remaining comparisons are
046 * "short-circuited".
047 * 
048 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
049 * "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/CommonObjectUtilitiesExplained#compare/compareTo">
050 * {@code ComparisonChain}</a>.
051 *
052 * @author Mark Davis
053 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
054 * @since 2.0
055 */
056@GwtCompatible
057public abstract class ComparisonChain {
058  private ComparisonChain() {}
059
060  /**
061   * Begins a new chained comparison statement. See example in the class
062   * documentation.
063   */
064  public static ComparisonChain start() {
065    return ACTIVE;
066  }
067
068  private static final ComparisonChain ACTIVE = new ComparisonChain() {
069    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
070    @Override public ComparisonChain compare(
071        Comparable left, Comparable right) {
072      return classify(left.compareTo(right));
073    }
074    @Override public <T> ComparisonChain compare(
075        @Nullable T left, @Nullable T right, Comparator<T> comparator) {
076      return classify(comparator.compare(left, right));
077    }
078    @Override public ComparisonChain compare(int left, int right) {
079      return classify(Ints.compare(left, right));
080    }
081    @Override public ComparisonChain compare(long left, long right) {
082      return classify(Longs.compare(left, right));
083    }
084    @Override public ComparisonChain compare(float left, float right) {
085      return classify(Float.compare(left, right));
086    }
087    @Override public ComparisonChain compare(double left, double right) {
088      return classify(Double.compare(left, right));
089    }
090    @Override public ComparisonChain compareTrueFirst(boolean left, boolean right) {
091      return classify(Booleans.compare(right, left)); // reversed
092    }
093    @Override public ComparisonChain compareFalseFirst(boolean left, boolean right) {
094      return classify(Booleans.compare(left, right));
095    }
096    ComparisonChain classify(int result) {
097      return (result < 0) ? LESS : (result > 0) ? GREATER : ACTIVE;
098    }
099    @Override public int result() {
100      return 0;
101    }
102  };
103
104  private static final ComparisonChain LESS = new InactiveComparisonChain(-1);
105
106  private static final ComparisonChain GREATER = new InactiveComparisonChain(1);
107
108  private static final class InactiveComparisonChain extends ComparisonChain {
109    final int result;
110
111    InactiveComparisonChain(int result) {
112      this.result = result;
113    }
114    @Override public ComparisonChain compare(
115        @Nullable Comparable left, @Nullable Comparable right) {
116      return this;
117    }
118    @Override public <T> ComparisonChain compare(@Nullable T left,
119        @Nullable T right, @Nullable Comparator<T> comparator) {
120      return this;
121    }
122    @Override public ComparisonChain compare(int left, int right) {
123      return this;
124    }
125    @Override public ComparisonChain compare(long left, long right) {
126      return this;
127    }
128    @Override public ComparisonChain compare(float left, float right) {
129      return this;
130    }
131    @Override public ComparisonChain compare(double left, double right) {
132      return this;
133    }
134    @Override public ComparisonChain compareTrueFirst(boolean left, boolean right) {
135      return this;
136    }
137    @Override public ComparisonChain compareFalseFirst(boolean left, boolean right) {
138      return this;
139    }
140    @Override public int result() {
141      return result;
142    }
143  }
144
145  /**
146   * Compares two comparable objects as specified by {@link
147   * Comparable#compareTo}, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain
148   * has not already been determined.
149   */
150  public abstract ComparisonChain compare(
151      Comparable<?> left, Comparable<?> right);
152
153  /**
154   * Compares two objects using a comparator, <i>if</i> the result of this
155   * comparison chain has not already been determined.
156   */
157  public abstract <T> ComparisonChain compare(
158      @Nullable T left, @Nullable T right, Comparator<T> comparator);
159
160  /**
161   * Compares two {@code int} values as specified by {@link Ints#compare},
162   * <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not already been
163   * determined.
164   */
165  public abstract ComparisonChain compare(int left, int right);
166
167  /**
168   * Compares two {@code long} values as specified by {@link Longs#compare},
169   * <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not already been
170   * determined.
171   */
172  public abstract ComparisonChain compare(long left, long right);
173
174  /**
175   * Compares two {@code float} values as specified by {@link
176   * Float#compare}, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not
177   * already been determined.
178   */
179  public abstract ComparisonChain compare(float left, float right);
180
181  /**
182   * Compares two {@code double} values as specified by {@link
183   * Double#compare}, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not
184   * already been determined.
185   */
186  public abstract ComparisonChain compare(double left, double right);
187
188  /**
189   * Compares two {@code boolean} values, considering {@code true} to be less
190   * than {@code false}, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not
191   * already been determined.
192   *
193   * @since 12.0
194   */
195  public abstract ComparisonChain compareTrueFirst(boolean left, boolean right);
196
197  /**
198   * Compares two {@code boolean} values, considering {@code false} to be less
199   * than {@code true}, <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not
200   * already been determined.
201   *
202   * @since 12.0 (present as {@code compare} since 2.0)
203   */
204  public abstract ComparisonChain compareFalseFirst(boolean left, boolean right);
205
206  /**
207   * Old name of {@link #compareFalseFirst}.
208   *
209   * @deprecated Use {@link #compareFalseFirst}; or, if the parameters passed
210   *     are being either negated or reversed, undo the negation or reversal and
211   *     use {@link #compareTrueFirst}. <b>This method is scheduled for deletion
212   *     in September 2013.</b>
213   */
214  @Deprecated
215  public final ComparisonChain compare(boolean left, boolean right) {
216    return compareFalseFirst(left, right);
217  }
218
219  /**
220   * Ends this comparison chain and returns its result: a value having the
221   * same sign as the first nonzero comparison result in the chain, or zero if
222   * every result was zero.
223   */
224  public abstract int result();
225}