gremlin-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tinkerpop/gremlin/process/traversal/Order.java

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package org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.process.traversal;

import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Random;

import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.util.NumberHelper;

/**
 * Provides {@code Comparator} instances for ordering traversers.
 *
 * @author Marko A. Rodriguez (http://markorodriguez.com)
 * @author Stephen Mallette (http://stephen.genoprime.com)
 */
public enum Order implements Comparator<Object> {

    /**
     * Order in a random fashion. While this enum implements {@code Comparator}, the {@code compare(a,b)} method is not
     * supported as a direct call. This change to the implementation of {@code compare(a,b)} occurred at 3.5.0 but
     * this implementation was never used directly within the TinkerPop code base.
     *
     * @since 3.0.0-incubating
     */
    shuffle {
        @Override
        public int compare(final Object first, final Object second) {
            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Order.shuffle should not be used as an actual Comparator - it is a marker only");
        }

        @Override
        public Order reversed() {
            return shuffle;
        }
    },

    /**
     * Order in ascending fashion.
     *
     * @since 3.3.4
     */
    asc {
        private final Comparator<Comparable> ascendingComparator = Comparator.nullsFirst(Comparator.<Comparable>naturalOrder());

        @Override
        public int compare(final Object first, final Object second) {
            // need to convert enum to string representations for comparison or else you can get cast exceptions.
            // this typically happens when sorting local on the keys of maps that contain T
            final Object f = first instanceof Enum<?> ? ((Enum<?>) first).name() : first;
            final Object s = second instanceof Enum<?> ? ((Enum<?>) second).name() : second;
            return f instanceof Number && s instanceof Number
                    ? NumberHelper.compare((Number) f, (Number) s)
                    : ascendingComparator.compare((Comparable) f, (Comparable) s);
        }

        @Override
        public Order reversed() {
            return desc;
        }
    },

    /**
     * Order in descending fashion.
     *
     * @since 3.3.4
     */
    desc {
        private final Comparator<Comparable> descendingComparator = Comparator.nullsLast(Comparator.<Comparable>reverseOrder());

        @Override
        public int compare(final Object first, final Object second) {
            // need to convert enum to string representations for comparison or else you can get cast exceptions.
            // this typically happens when sorting local on the keys of maps that contain T
            final Object f = first instanceof Enum<?> ? ((Enum<?>) first).name() : first;
            final Object s = second instanceof Enum<?> ? ((Enum<?>) second).name() : second;
            return f instanceof Number && s instanceof Number
                    ? NumberHelper.compare((Number) s, (Number) f)
                    : descendingComparator.compare((Comparable) f, (Comparable) s);
        }

        @Override
        public Order reversed() {
            return asc;
        }
    };

    private static final Random RANDOM = new Random();

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public abstract int compare(final Object first, final Object second);

    /**
     * Produce the opposite representation of the current {@code Order} enum.
     */
    @Override
    public abstract Order reversed();
}