DMDirc-Plugins/src/com/dmdirc/addons/ui_swing/components/NicklistComparator.java

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package com.dmdirc.addons.ui_swing.components;

import com.dmdirc.parser.interfaces.ChannelClientInfo;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * Compares nicklist entries to each other, for sorting purposes.
 */
public final class NicklistComparator implements Comparator<ChannelClientInfo>,
        Serializable {
    /**
     * A version number for this class. It should be changed whenever the class
     * structure is changed (or anything else that would prevent serialized
     * objects being unserialized with the new class).
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1;
    
    /**
     * whether to sort the nicklist by modes.
     */
    private final boolean sortByMode;
    
    /**
     * whether to sort the nicklist by case.
     */
    private final boolean sortByCase;
    
    /**
     * Creates a new instance of NicklistComparator.
     * @param newSortByMode sorts by channel mode of the user
     * @param newSortByCase sorts by nickname case
     */
    public NicklistComparator(final boolean newSortByMode,
            final boolean newSortByCase) {
        this.sortByMode = newSortByMode;
        this.sortByCase = newSortByCase;
    }
    
    /**
     * Compares two ChannelClient objects based on the settings the comparator
     * was initialised with.
     * @param client1 the first client to be compared
     * @param client2 the second client to be compared
     * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the first
     * argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
     */
    @Override
    public int compare(final ChannelClientInfo client1,
            final ChannelClientInfo client2) {
        final String nickname1 = client1.getClient().getNickname();
        final String nickname2 = client2.getClient().getNickname();
        
        if (sortByMode) {
            final int modeCom = client2.compareTo(client1);

            if (modeCom != 0) {
                return modeCom;
            }
        }
        
        if (sortByCase) {
            return nickname1.compareTo(nickname2);
        } else {
            return nickname1.compareToIgnoreCase(nickname2);
        }
    }
}