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/*
* Created on Jul 5, 2008
*/
package com.bigdata.rdf.model;
import java.util.Comparator;
import com.bigdata.rdf.internal.IV;
/**
* Places {@link BigdataValue}s into an ordering determined by their assigned
* {@link BigdataValue#getIV() term identifiers}.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:thompsonbry@users.sourceforge.net">Bryan Thompson</a>
* @version $Id$
*/
public class BigdataValueIdComparator implements Comparator<BigdataValue> {
public static final transient Comparator<BigdataValue> INSTANCE = new BigdataValueIdComparator();
/**
* Note: comparison avoids possible overflow of <code>long</code> by
* not computing the difference directly.
*/
public int compare(BigdataValue term1, BigdataValue term2) {
final IV iv1 = term1.getIV();
final IV iv2 = term2.getIV();
return iv1.compareTo(iv2);
}
}