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TRUE_FIRST : FALSE_FIRST; 100 } 101 102 //----------------------------------------------------------------------- 103 /** 104 * Creates a <code>BooleanComparator</code> that sorts 105 * <code>false</code> values before <code>true</code> values. 106 * <p> 107 * Equivalent to {@link #BooleanComparator(boolean) BooleanComparator(false)}. 108 * <p> 109 * Please use the static factory instead whenever possible. 110 */ 111 public BooleanComparator() { 112 this(false); 113 } 114 115 /** 116 * Creates a <code>BooleanComparator</code> that sorts 117 * <code><i>trueFirst</i></code> values before 118 * <code>!<i>trueFirst</i></code> values. 119 * <p> 120 * Please use the static factories instead whenever possible. 121 * 122 * @param trueFirst when <code>true</code>, sort 123 * <code>true</code> boolean values before <code>false</code> 124 */ 125 public BooleanComparator(final boolean trueFirst) { 126 this.trueFirst = trueFirst; 127 } 128 129 //----------------------------------------------------------------------- 130 /** 131 * Compares two non-<code>null</code> <code>Boolean</code> objects 132 * according to the value of {@link #sortsTrueFirst()}. 133 * 134 * @param b1 the first boolean to compare 135 * @param b2 the second boolean to compare 136 * @return negative if obj1 is less, positive if greater, zero if equal 137 * @throws NullPointerException when either argument <code>null</code> 138 */ 139 @Override 140 public int compare(final Boolean b1, final Boolean b2) { 141 final boolean v1 = b1.booleanValue(); 142 final boolean v2 = b2.booleanValue(); 143 144 return (v1 ^ v2) ? ( (v1 ^ trueFirst) ? 1 : -1 ) : 0; 145 } 146 147 //----------------------------------------------------------------------- 148 /** 149 * Implement a hash code for this comparator that is consistent with 150 * {@link #equals(Object) equals}. 151 * 152 * @return a hash code for this comparator. 153 */ 154 @Override 155 public int hashCode() { 156 final int hash = "BooleanComparator".hashCode(); 157 return trueFirst ? -1 * hash : hash; 158 } 159 160 /** 161 * Returns <code>true</code> iff <i>that</i> Object is 162 * is a {@link Comparator} whose ordering is known to be 163 * equivalent to mine. 164 * <p> 165 * This implementation returns <code>true</code> 166 * iff <code><i>that</i></code> is a {@link BooleanComparator} 167 * whose value of {@link #sortsTrueFirst()} is equal to mine. 168 * 169 * @param object the object to compare to 170 * @return true if equal 171 */ 172 @Override 173 public boolean equals(final Object object) { 174 return (this == object) || 175 ((object instanceof BooleanComparator) && 176 (this.trueFirst == ((BooleanComparator)object).trueFirst)); 177 } 178 179 //----------------------------------------------------------------------- 180 /** 181 * Returns <code>true</code> iff 182 * I sort <code>true</code> values before 183 * <code>false</code> values. In other words, 184 * returns <code>true</code> iff 185 * {@link #compare(Boolean,Boolean) compare(Boolean.FALSE,Boolean.TRUE)} 186 * returns a positive value. 187 * 188 * @return the trueFirst flag 189 */ 190 public boolean sortsTrueFirst() { 191 return trueFirst; 192 } 193 194}