| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2013 DataTorrent, Inc. ALL Rights Reserved. |
| * |
| * 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 |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package com.datatorrent.lib.util; |
| |
| import java.util.Comparator; |
| |
| /** |
| * |
| * A comparator for ascending and descending lists<p> |
| * <br> |
| * |
| * @since 0.3.2 |
| */ |
| public class ReversibleComparator<E> implements Comparator<E> |
| { |
| /** |
| * Added default constructor for deserializer |
| */ |
| public ReversibleComparator() |
| { |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * |
| * @param flag true for ascending, false for descending |
| */ |
| public ReversibleComparator(boolean flag) |
| { |
| ascending = flag; |
| } |
| public boolean ascending = true; |
| |
| /** |
| * Compare function |
| * @param e1 |
| * @param e2 |
| * @return e1.compareTo(e2) if acscending, else 0 - e1.compareTo(e2) |
| */ |
| @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") |
| @Override |
| public int compare(E e1, E e2) |
| { |
| Comparable<? super E> ce1 = (Comparable<? super E>)e1; |
| int ret = ce1.compareTo(e2); |
| if (!ascending) { |
| ret = 0 - ret; |
| } |
| return ret; |
| } |
| } |