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package edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.ophelpers;

import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparator;
import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.ITupleReference;

/**
 * MultiComparator optimized for the special case where there is only a single comparator.
 * Further speeds up comparisons by always passing 0 as the field's length.
 */
public class FieldLengthIgnoringSingleComparator extends MultiComparator {
    private final IBinaryComparator cmp;

    protected FieldLengthIgnoringSingleComparator(IBinaryComparator[] cmps) {
        super(cmps);
        this.cmp = cmps[0];
    }

    public int compare(ITupleReference tupleA, ITupleReference tupleB) {
        return cmp.compare(tupleA.getFieldData(0), tupleA.getFieldStart(0), 0, tupleB.getFieldData(0),
                tupleB.getFieldStart(0), 0);
    }
}