src/main/java/org/apache/sysml/runtime/functionobjects/LessThan.java

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package org.apache.sysml.runtime.functionobjects;

public class LessThan extends ValueFunction 
{

	private static final long serialVersionUID = -5598503447690597942L;

	private static LessThan singleObj = null;

	private LessThan() {
		// nothing to do here
	}
	
	public static LessThan getLessThanFnObject() {
		if ( singleObj == null )
			singleObj = new LessThan();
		return singleObj;
	}
	
	public Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
		// cloning is not supported for singleton classes
		throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
	}

	/*
	 * Arithmetic relational operators (==, !=, <=, >=) must be instead of
	 * <code>Double.compare()</code> due to the inconsistencies in the way
	 * NaN and -0.0 are handled. The behavior of methods in
	 * <code>Double</code> class are designed mainly to make Java
	 * collections work properly. For more details, see the help for
	 * <code>Double.equals()</code> and <code>Double.comapreTo()</code>.
	 */
	
	/**
	 * execute() method that returns double is required since current map-reduce
	 * runtime can only produce matrices of doubles. This method is used on MR
	 * side to perform comparisons on matrices like A<B and A<2.5
	 */
	@Override
	public double execute(double in1, double in2) {
		return (in1 < in2 ? 1.0 : 0.0);
	}
	
	@Override
	public boolean compare(double in1, double in2) {
		return (in1 < in2);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean compare(long in1, long in2) {
		return (in1 < in2);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean compare(double in1, long in2) {
		return (in1 < in2);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean compare(long in1, double in2) {
		return (in1 < in2);
	}
	
	@Override
	public boolean compare(String in1, String in2) {
		return (in1!=null && in1.compareTo(in2)<0 );
	}
}