RankingFieldComparator.java

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package net.sf.jabref.gui;

import net.sf.jabref.BibtexEntry;
import net.sf.jabref.specialfields.SpecialFieldsUtils;

import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * Comparator that handles the ranking icon column
 * 
 * Based on IconComparator
 * Only comparing ranking field
 * inverse comparison of ranking as rank5 is higher than rank1
 */
public class RankingFieldComparator implements Comparator<BibtexEntry> {

    public int compare(BibtexEntry e1, BibtexEntry e2) {
        String val1 = e1.getField(SpecialFieldsUtils.FIELDNAME_RANKING);
        String val2 = e2.getField(SpecialFieldsUtils.FIELDNAME_RANKING);
		if (val1 == null) {
			if (val2 != null) {
				return 1;
			} else {
		        return 0;
			}
		} else {
			if (val2 == null) {
				return -1;
			} else {
				// val1 is not null AND val2 is not null
				int compareToRes = val1.compareTo(val2);
				if (compareToRes != 0) {
					return compareToRes*-1;
				} else {
			        return 0;
				}
			}
		}
    }

}