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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ui.model;
import java.util.Comparator;
import org.eclipse.jface.util.Policy;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.StructuredViewer;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator;
/**
* A ContributionComparator is capable of ordering
* {@link IComparableContribution} instances, either as a
* {@link ViewerComparator} (for {@link StructuredViewer}s) or as a traditional
* {@link Comparator}.
*
* This class orders contributions by first grouping by priority ({@link IComparableContribution#getPriority()})
* and then by utilizing the JFace policy comparator to order by label ({@link IComparableContribution#getLabel()}).
*
* @see IComparableContribution
*
* @since 3.4
*/
public class ContributionComparator extends ViewerComparator implements
Comparator {
/**
* This implementation of {@link Comparator#compare(Object, Object)} does a
* blind cast on each element to {@link IComparableContribution}.
*/
public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
return compare((IComparableContribution) o1,
(IComparableContribution) o2);
}
/**
* Returns a negative, zero, or positive number depending on whether the
* first element is less than, equal to, or greater than the second element.
* <p>
* The default implementation of this method is based on comparing the
* elements' categories as computed by the <code>category</code> framework
* method. Elements within the same category are further subjected to a case
* insensitive compare of their label strings. Subclasses may override.
* </p>
*
* @param c1
* the first element
* @param c2
* the second element
* @return a negative number if the first element is less than the second
* element; the value <code>0</code> if the first element is equal
* to the second element; and a positive number if the first element
* is greater than the second element
*/
public int compare(IComparableContribution c1, IComparableContribution c2) {
int cat1 = category(c1);
int cat2 = category(c2);
if (cat1 != cat2) {
return cat1 - cat2;
}
String name1 = c1.getLabel();
String name2 = c2.getLabel();
if (name1 == null) {
name1 = "";//$NON-NLS-1$
}
if (name2 == null) {
name2 = "";//$NON-NLS-1$
}
// use the comparator to compare the strings
return Policy.getComparator().compare(name1, name2);
}
/*
* (non-Javadoc)
*
* @see org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator#compare(org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer,
* java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)
*/
public int compare(Viewer viewer, Object e1, Object e2) {
return compare(e1, e2);
}
/**
* Returns the category of the given element. The category is a number used
* to allocate elements to bins; the bins are arranged in ascending numeric
* order. The elements within a bin are arranged via a second level sort
* criterion.
* <p>
* The default implementation of this framework method returns the result of
* {@link IComparableContribution#getPriority()}. Subclasses may
* re-implement this method to provide non-trivial categorization.
* </p>
*
* @param c
* the element
* @return the category
*/
public int category(IComparableContribution c) {
return c.getPriority();
}
/*
* (non-Javadoc)
*
* @see org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ViewerComparator#category(java.lang.Object)
*/
public int category(Object element) {
return category((IComparableContribution) element);
}
}