MatricesCompartor.java

/*
 * $Id: MatricesCompartor.java,v 1.1 2005/05/25 19:56:30 ahmed Exp $
 * 
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 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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 */

package jaligner.matrix;

import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * Comparator to sort the scoring matrices by their names. 
 * 
 * @author Ahmed Moustafa (ahmed@users.sf.net)
 */

public class MatricesCompartor implements Comparator {

	/* (non-Javadoc)
	 * @see java.util.Comparator#compare(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)
	 */
	public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
		String s1 = (String) o1;
		String s2 = (String) o2;
		
		int index1 = firstDigitIndex(s1);
		int index2 = firstDigitIndex(s2);
		
		if (index1 == -1 || index2 == -1) {
			return s1.compareToIgnoreCase(s2); 
		} else {
			String s3 = s1.substring(0, index1);
			String s4 = s2.substring(0, index2);
			if (s3.equalsIgnoreCase(s4)) {
				return new Integer(s1.substring(index1)).compareTo(new Integer(s2.substring(index2)));
			} else {
				return s1.compareToIgnoreCase(s2);
			}
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Returns the index of the first digit in a String.
	 * If there are no digits, returns -1.
	 * @param s	String to be searched for the digits in
	 * @return int
	 */
	private int firstDigitIndex (String s) {
		for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
			if (s.charAt(i) >= '0' && s.charAt(i) <= '9') {
				return i;  
			}
		}
		return -1;
	}
}