/*
 * Copyright 2010-2012 Luca Garulli (l.garulli--at--orientechnologies.com)
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.orientechnologies.orient.core.record.impl;

import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

import com.orientechnologies.common.util.OPair;
import com.orientechnologies.orient.core.db.record.OIdentifiable;
import com.orientechnologies.orient.core.sql.OCommandExecutorSQLSelect;

/**
 * Comparator implementation class used by ODocumentSorter class to sort documents following dynamic criteria.
 * 
 * @author Luca Garulli
 * 
 */
public class ODocumentComparator implements Comparator<OIdentifiable> {
  private List<OPair<String, String>> orderCriteria;

  public ODocumentComparator(final List<OPair<String, String>> iOrderCriteria) {
    this.orderCriteria = iOrderCriteria;
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public int compare(final OIdentifiable iDoc1, final OIdentifiable iDoc2) {
    if (iDoc1 != null && iDoc1.equals(iDoc2))
      return 0;

    Object fieldValue1;
    Object fieldValue2;

    int partialResult = 0;

    for (OPair<String, String> field : orderCriteria) {
      final String fieldName = field.getKey();
      final String ordering = field.getValue();

      fieldValue1 = ((ODocument) iDoc1.getRecord()).field(fieldName);

      fieldValue2 = ((ODocument) iDoc2.getRecord()).field(fieldName);

      if (fieldValue1 == null && fieldValue2 == null) {
          continue;
      }

      if (fieldValue1 == null)
        return factor(Integer.MIN_VALUE, ordering);

      if (fieldValue2 == null)
        return factor(Integer.MAX_VALUE, ordering);

      if (!(fieldValue1 instanceof Comparable<?>))
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot sort documents because the field '" + fieldName + "' is not comparable");

      partialResult = ((Comparable<Object>) fieldValue1).compareTo(fieldValue2);

      partialResult = factor(partialResult, ordering);

      if (partialResult != 0)
        break;

      // CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT FIELD
    }

    return partialResult;
  }

  private int factor(final int partialResult, final String iOrdering) {
    if (iOrdering.equals(OCommandExecutorSQLSelect.KEYWORD_DESC))
      // INVERT THE ORDERING
      return partialResult * -1;

    return partialResult;
  }

}

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