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    017package org.apache.commons.collections4.comparators;
    018
    019import java.io.Serializable;
    020import java.util.Comparator;
    021
    022/**
    023 * A {@link Comparator Comparator} that compares {@link Comparable Comparable}
    024 * objects.
    025 * <p>
    026 * This Comparator is useful, for example, for enforcing the natural order in
    027 * custom implementations of {@link java.util.SortedSet SortedSet} and
    028 * {@link java.util.SortedMap SortedMap}.
    029 * <p>
    030 * Note: In the 2.0 and 2.1 releases of Commons Collections, this class would
    031 * throw a {@link ClassCastException} if either of the arguments to
    032 * {@link #compare(Object, Object) compare} were <code>null</code>, not
    033 * {@link Comparable Comparable}, or for which
    034 * {@link Comparable#compareTo(Object) compareTo} gave inconsistent results.
    035 * This is no longer the case. See {@link #compare(Object, Object) compare} for
    036 * details.
    037 *
    038 * @param <E> the type of objects compared by this comparator
    039 *
    040 * @since 2.0
    041 * @see java.util.Collections#reverseOrder()
    042 */
    043public class ComparableComparator<E extends Comparable<? super E>> implements Comparator<E>, Serializable {
    044
    045    /** Serialization version. */
    046    private static final long serialVersionUID=-291439688585137865L;
    047
    048    /** The singleton instance. */
    049    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    050    public static final ComparableComparator INSTANCE = new ComparableComparator();
    051
    052    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    053    /**
    054     * Gets the singleton instance of a ComparableComparator.
    055     * <p>
    056     * Developers are encouraged to use the comparator returned from this method
    057     * instead of constructing a new instance to reduce allocation and GC overhead
    058     * when multiple comparable comparators may be used in the same VM.
    059     *
    060     * @param <E>  the element type
    061     * @return the singleton ComparableComparator
    062     * @since 4.0
    063     */
    064    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    065    public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> ComparableComparator<E> comparableComparator() {
    066        return INSTANCE;
    067    }
    068
    069    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    070    /**
    071     * Constructor whose use should be avoided.
    072     * <p>
    073     * Please use the {@link #comparableComparator()} method whenever possible.
    074     */
    075    public ComparableComparator() {
    076        super();
    077    }
    078
    079    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    080    /**
    081     * Compare the two {@link Comparable Comparable} arguments.
    082     * This method is equivalent to:
    083     * <pre>((Comparable)obj1).compareTo(obj2)</pre>
    084     *
    085     * @param obj1  the first object to compare
    086     * @param obj2  the second object to compare
    087     * @return negative if obj1 is less, positive if greater, zero if equal
    088     * @throws NullPointerException if <i>obj1</i> is <code>null</code>,
    089     *         or when <code>((Comparable)obj1).compareTo(obj2)</code> does
    090     * @throws ClassCastException if <i>obj1</i> is not a <code>Comparable</code>,
    091     *         or when <code>((Comparable)obj1).compareTo(obj2)</code> does
    092     */
    093    @Override
    094    public int compare(final E obj1, final E obj2) {
    095        return obj1.compareTo(obj2);
    096    }
    097
    098    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    099    /**
    100     * Implement a hash code for this comparator that is consistent with
    101     * {@link #equals(Object) equals}.
    102     *
    103     * @return a hash code for this comparator.
    104     * @since 3.0
    105     */
    106    @Override
    107    public int hashCode() {
    108        return "ComparableComparator".hashCode();
    109    }
    110
    111    /**
    112     * Returns {@code true} iff <i>that</i> Object is is a {@link Comparator Comparator}
    113     * whose ordering is known to be equivalent to mine.
    114     * <p>
    115     * This implementation returns {@code true} iff
    116     * <code><i>object</i>.{@link Object#getClass() getClass()}</code> equals
    117     * <code>this.getClass()</code>. Subclasses may want to override this behavior to remain
    118     * consistent with the {@link Comparator#equals(Object)} contract.
    119     *
    120     * @param object  the object to compare with
    121     * @return {@code true} if equal
    122     * @since 3.0
    123     */
    124    @Override
    125    public boolean equals(final Object object) {
    126        return this == object ||
    127               null != object && object.getClass().equals(this.getClass());
    128    }
    129
    130}