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016
017package com.google.common.collect;
018
019import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
020import static com.google.common.collect.CollectPreconditions.checkNonnegative;
021
022import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
023import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
024import java.util.Comparator;
025import java.util.Iterator;
026import java.util.List;
027import java.util.Optional;
028import java.util.stream.Collector;
029
030/**
031 * Provides static methods for working with {@link Comparator} instances. For many other helpful
032 * comparator utilities, see either {@code Comparator} itself (for Java 8 or later), or {@code
033 * com.google.common.collect.Ordering} (otherwise).
034 *
035 * <h3>Relationship to {@code Ordering}</h3>
036 *
037 * <p>In light of the significant enhancements to {@code Comparator} in Java 8, the overwhelming
038 * majority of usages of {@code Ordering} can be written using only built-in JDK APIs. This class is
039 * intended to "fill the gap" and provide those features of {@code Ordering} not already provided by
040 * the JDK.
041 *
042 * @since 21.0
043 * @author Louis Wasserman
044 */
045@Beta
046@GwtCompatible
047public final class Comparators {
048  private Comparators() {}
049
050  /**
051   * Returns a new comparator which sorts iterables by comparing corresponding elements pairwise
052   * until a nonzero result is found; imposes "dictionary order." If the end of one iterable is
053   * reached, but not the other, the shorter iterable is considered to be less than the longer one.
054   * For example, a lexicographical natural ordering over integers considers {@code
055   * [] < [1] < [1, 1] < [1, 2] < [2]}.
056   *
057   * <p>Note that {@code Collections.reverseOrder(lexicographical(comparator))} is not
058   * equivalent to {@code lexicographical(Collections.reverseOrder(comparator))} (consider how each
059   * would order {@code [1]} and {@code [1, 1]}).
060   */
061  // Note: 90% of the time we don't add type parameters or wildcards that serve only to "tweak" the
062  // desired return type. However, *nested* generics introduce a special class of problems that we
063  // think tip it over into being worthwhile.
064  public static <T, S extends T> Comparator<Iterable<S>> lexicographical(Comparator<T> comparator) {
065    return new LexicographicalOrdering<S>(checkNotNull(comparator));
066  }
067
068  /**
069   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
070   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this
071   * is always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
072   */
073  public static <T> boolean isInOrder(Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Comparator<T> comparator) {
074    checkNotNull(comparator);
075    Iterator<? extends T> it = iterable.iterator();
076    if (it.hasNext()) {
077      T prev = it.next();
078      while (it.hasNext()) {
079        T next = it.next();
080        if (comparator.compare(prev, next) > 0) {
081          return false;
082        }
083        prev = next;
084      }
085    }
086    return true;
087  }
088
089  /**
090   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is <i>strictly</i>
091   * greater than the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that
092   * this is always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
093   */
094  public static <T> boolean isInStrictOrder(
095      Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Comparator<T> comparator) {
096    checkNotNull(comparator);
097    Iterator<? extends T> it = iterable.iterator();
098    if (it.hasNext()) {
099      T prev = it.next();
100      while (it.hasNext()) {
101        T next = it.next();
102        if (comparator.compare(prev, next) >= 0) {
103          return false;
104        }
105        prev = next;
106      }
107    }
108    return true;
109  }
110
111  /**
112   * Returns a {@code Collector} that returns the {@code k} smallest (relative to the specified
113   * {@code Comparator}) input elements, in ascending order, as an unmodifiable {@code List}.
114   * Ties are broken arbitrarily.
115   *
116   * For example:
117   *  <pre>   {@code
118   *
119   *   Stream.of("foo", "quux", "banana", "elephant")
120   *       .collect(least(2, comparingInt(String::length)))
121   *   // returns {"foo", "quux"}}</pre>
122   *
123   * <p>This {@code Collector} uses O(k) memory and takes expected time O(n)
124   * (worst-case O(n log k)), as opposed to e.g. {@code Stream.sorted(comparator).limit(k)}, which
125   * currently takes O(n log n) time and O(n) space.
126   *
127   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code k < 0}
128   * @since 22.0
129   */
130  public static <T> Collector<T, ?, List<T>> least(int k, Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
131    checkNonnegative(k, "k");
132    checkNotNull(comparator);
133    return Collector.of(
134        () -> TopKSelector.<T>least(k, comparator),
135        TopKSelector::offer,
136        TopKSelector::combine,
137        TopKSelector::topK,
138        Collector.Characteristics.UNORDERED);
139  }
140
141  /**
142   * Returns a {@code Collector} that returns the {@code k} greatest (relative to the specified
143   * {@code Comparator}) input elements, in descending order, as an unmodifiable {@code List}.
144   * Ties are broken arbitrarily.
145   *
146   * For example:
147   *  <pre>   {@code
148   *
149   *   Stream.of("foo", "quux", "banana", "elephant")
150   *       .collect(greatest(2, comparingInt(String::length)))
151   *   // returns {"elephant", "banana"}}</pre>
152   *
153   * <p>This {@code Collector} uses O(k) memory and takes expected time O(n)
154   * (worst-case O(n log k)), as opposed to e.g.
155   * {@code Stream.sorted(comparator.reversed()).limit(k)}, which currently takes O(n log n) time
156   * and O(n) space.
157   *
158   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code k < 0}
159   * @since 22.0
160   */
161  public static <T> Collector<T, ?, List<T>> greatest(int k, Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
162    return least(k, comparator.reversed());
163  }
164
165  /**
166   * Returns a comparator of {@link Optional} values which treats {@link Optional#empty} as less
167   * than all other values, and orders the rest using {@code valueComparator} on the contained
168   * value.
169   *
170   * @since 22.0
171   */
172  @Beta
173  public static <T> Comparator<Optional<T>> emptiesFirst(Comparator<T> valueComparator) {
174    checkNotNull(valueComparator);
175    return Comparator.comparing(o -> o.orElse(null), Comparator.nullsFirst(valueComparator));
176  }
177
178  /**
179   * Returns a comparator of {@link Optional} values which treats {@link Optional#empty} as greater
180   * than all other values, and orders the rest using {@code valueComparator} on the contained
181   * value.
182   *
183   * @since 22.0
184   */
185  @Beta
186  public static <T> Comparator<Optional<T>> emptiesLast(Comparator<T> valueComparator) {
187    checkNotNull(valueComparator);
188    return Comparator.comparing(o -> o.orElse(null), Comparator.nullsLast(valueComparator));
189  }
190}