/**
* AnalyzerBeans
* Copyright (C) 2014 Neopost - Customer Information Management
*
* This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
* copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
* Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
* for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this distribution; if not, write to:
* Free Software Foundation, Inc.
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
* Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
package org.eobjects.analyzer.util;
public final class CompareUtils {
private CompareUtils() {
// prevent instantiation
}
/**
*
* @param <E>
* @param obj1
* @param obj2
* @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first
* argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
*/
public static final <E> int compare(Comparable<E> obj1, E obj2) {
if (obj1 == obj2) {
return 0;
}
if (obj1 == null) {
return -1;
}
if (obj2 == null) {
return 1;
}
return obj1.compareTo(obj2);
}
}