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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.DeserializationException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.ComparatorProtos;

import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;

/**
 * A binary comparator which lexicographically compares against the specified
 * byte array using {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes#compareTo(byte[], byte[])}.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public class NullComparator extends ByteArrayComparable {

  public NullComparator() {
    super(new byte[0]);
  }

  @Override
  public int compareTo(byte[] value) {
    return value != null ? 1 : 0;
  }

  @Override
  public int compareTo(byte[] value, int offset, int length) {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  /**
   * @return The comparator serialized using pb
   */
  public byte [] toByteArray() {
    ComparatorProtos.NullComparator.Builder builder =
      ComparatorProtos.NullComparator.newBuilder();
    return builder.build().toByteArray();
  }

  /**
   * @param pbBytes A pb serialized {@link NullComparator} instance
   * @return An instance of {@link NullComparator} made from <code>bytes</code>
   * @throws DeserializationException
   * @see {@link #toByteArray()}
   */
  public static NullComparator parseFrom(final byte [] pbBytes)
  throws DeserializationException {
    ComparatorProtos.NullComparator proto;
    try {
      proto = ComparatorProtos.NullComparator.parseFrom(pbBytes);
    } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
      throw new DeserializationException(e);
    }
    return new NullComparator();
  }

  /**
   * @param other
   * @return true if and only if the fields of the comparator that are serialized
   * are equal to the corresponding fields in other.  Used for testing.
   */
  boolean areSerializedFieldsEqual(ByteArrayComparable other) {
    if (other == this) return true;
    if (!(other instanceof NullComparator)) return false;

    return super.areSerializedFieldsEqual(other);
  }
}