camel-core/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/util/ExpressionComparator.java

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package org.apache.camel.util;

import java.util.Comparator;

import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Expression;

/**
 * An implementation of {@link Comparator} that takes an {@link Expression} which is evaluated
 * on each exchange to be compared
 *  
 * @version 
 */
public class ExpressionComparator implements Comparator<Exchange> {
    private final Expression expression;

    public ExpressionComparator(Expression expression) {
        this.expression = expression;
    }

    public int compare(Exchange e1, Exchange e2) {
        Object o1 = expression.evaluate(e1, Object.class);
        Object o2 = expression.evaluate(e2, Object.class);
        return ObjectHelper.compare(o1, o2);
    }
}