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package org.optaplanner.examples.nqueens.domain.solution;

import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.CompareToBuilder;
import org.optaplanner.core.impl.heuristic.selector.common.decorator.SelectionSorterWeightFactory;
import org.optaplanner.examples.nqueens.domain.NQueens;
import org.optaplanner.examples.nqueens.domain.Row;

public class RowStrengthWeightFactory implements SelectionSorterWeightFactory<NQueens, Row> {

    public Comparable createSorterWeight(NQueens nQueens, Row row) {
        int distanceFromMiddle = calculateDistanceFromMiddle(nQueens.getN(), row.getIndex());
        return new RowStrengthWeight(row, distanceFromMiddle);
    }

    private static int calculateDistanceFromMiddle(int n, int columnIndex) {
        int middle = n / 2;
        int distanceFromMiddle = Math.abs(columnIndex - middle);
        if ((n % 2 == 0) && (columnIndex < middle)) {
            distanceFromMiddle--;
        }
        return distanceFromMiddle;
    }

    public static class RowStrengthWeight implements Comparable<RowStrengthWeight> {

        private final Row row;
        private final int distanceFromMiddle;

        public RowStrengthWeight(Row row, int distanceFromMiddle) {
            this.row = row;
            this.distanceFromMiddle = distanceFromMiddle;
        }

        public int compareTo(RowStrengthWeight other) {
            return new CompareToBuilder()
                    // The stronger rows have a lower distance to the middle
                    .append(other.distanceFromMiddle, distanceFromMiddle) // Decreasing (but this is debatable)
                    .append(row.getIndex(), other.row.getIndex())
                    .toComparison();
        }

    }

}

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Improve RowStrengthWeightFactory