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-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.apache.commons.lang3.compare;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Comparator;
-
-/**
- * Provides convenient static utility methods for <Code>Comparator</Code>
- * objects.
- * <p>
- * Most of the functionality in this class can also be found in the 
- * <code>comparators</code> package. This class merely provides a 
- * convenient central place if you have use for more than one class
- * in the <code>comparators</code> subpackage.
- *
- * @since Commons Collections 2.1
- * @version $Revision$ $Date$
- */
-public class ComparatorUtils {
-
-    /**
-     * ComparatorUtils should not normally be instantiated.
-     */
-    public ComparatorUtils() {
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Comparator for natural sort order.
-     *
-     * @see ComparableComparator#getInstance
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static final Comparator NATURAL_COMPARATOR = ComparableComparator.<Comparable>comparableComparator();
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a comparator that uses the natural order of the objects.
-     *
-     * @return  a comparator which uses natural order
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> Comparator<E> naturalComparator() {
-        return NATURAL_COMPARATOR;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a comparator that compares using two {@link Comparator}s.
-     * <p>
-     * The second comparator is used if the first comparator returns equal.
-     *
-     * @param comparator1  the first comparator to use, not null
-     * @param comparator2  the first comparator to use, not null
-     * @return a {@link ComparatorChain} formed from the two comparators
-     * @throws NullPointerException if either comparator is null
-     * @see ComparatorChain
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> Comparator<E> chainedComparator(Comparator<E> comparator1, Comparator<E> comparator2) {
-        return chainedComparator(new Comparator[] {comparator1, comparator2});
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a comparator that compares using an array of {@link Comparator}s, applied
-     * in sequence until one returns not equal or the array is exhausted.
-     *
-     * @param comparators  the comparators to use, not null or empty or containing nulls
-     * @return a {@link ComparatorChain} formed from the input comparators
-     * @throws NullPointerException if comparators array is null or contains a null
-     * @see ComparatorChain
-     */
-    public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> Comparator<E> chainedComparator(Comparator<E>[] comparators) {
-        ComparatorChain<E> chain = new ComparatorChain<E>();
-        for (int i = 0; i < comparators.length; i++) {
-            if (comparators[i] == null) {
-                throw new NullPointerException("Comparator cannot be null");
-            }
-            chain.addComparator(comparators[i]);
-        }
-        return chain;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a comparator that compares using a collection of {@link Comparator}s,
-     * applied in (default iterator) sequence until one returns not equal or the 
-     * collection is exhausted.
-     *
-     * @param comparators  the comparators to use, not null or empty or containing nulls
-     * @return a {@link ComparatorChain} formed from the input comparators
-     * @throws NullPointerException if comparators collection is null or contains a null
-     * @throws ClassCastException if the comparators collection contains the wrong object type
-     * @see ComparatorChain
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> Comparator<E> chainedComparator(Collection<Comparator<E>> comparators) {
-        return chainedComparator(
-            (Comparator<E>[]) comparators.toArray(new Comparator[comparators.size()])
-        );
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a comparator that reverses the order of the given comparator.
-     *
-     * @param comparator  the comparator to reverse
-     * @return  a comparator that reverses the order of the input comparator
-     * @see ReverseComparator
-     */
-    public static <E> Comparator<E> reversedComparator(Comparator<E> comparator) {
-        return new ReverseComparator<E>(comparator);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a Comparator that controls the comparison of <code>null</code> values.
-     * <p>
-     * The returned comparator will consider a null value to be less than
-     * any nonnull value, and equal to any other null value.  Two nonnull
-     * values will be evaluated with the given comparator.
-     *
-     * @param comparator the comparator that wants to allow nulls
-     * @return  a version of that comparator that allows nulls
-     * @see NullComparator
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static <E> Comparator<E> nullLowComparator(Comparator<E> comparator) {
-        if (comparator == null) {
-            comparator = NATURAL_COMPARATOR;
-        }
-        return new NullComparator<E>(comparator, false);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a Comparator that controls the comparison of <code>null</code> values.
-     * <p>
-     * The returned comparator will consider a null value to be greater than
-     * any nonnull value, and equal to any other null value.  Two nonnull
-     * values will be evaluated with the given comparator.
-     *
-     * @param comparator the comparator that wants to allow nulls
-     * @return  a version of that comparator that allows nulls
-     * @see NullComparator
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static <E> Comparator<E> nullHighComparator(Comparator<E> comparator) {
-        if (comparator == null) {
-            comparator = NATURAL_COMPARATOR;
-        }
-        return new NullComparator<E>(comparator, true);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  Returns the smaller of the given objects according to the given 
-     *  comparator, returning the second object if the comparator
-     *  returns equal.
-     * 
-     *  @param o1  the first object to compare
-     *  @param o2  the second object to compare
-     *  @param comparator  the sort order to use
-     *  @return  the smaller of the two objects
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static <E> E min(E o1, E o2, Comparator<E> comparator) {
-        if (comparator == null) {
-            comparator = NATURAL_COMPARATOR;
-        }
-        int c = comparator.compare(o1, o2);
-        return (c < 0) ? o1 : o2;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  Returns the larger of the given objects according to the given 
-     *  comparator, returning the second object if the comparator 
-     *  returns equal.
-     * 
-     *  @param o1  the first object to compare
-     *  @param o2  the second object to compare
-     *  @param comparator  the sort order to use
-     *  @return  the larger of the two objects
-     */
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public static <E> E max(E o1, E o2, Comparator<E> comparator) {
-        if (comparator == null) {
-            comparator = NATURAL_COMPARATOR;
-        }
-        int c = comparator.compare(o1, o2);
-        return (c > 0) ? o1 : o2;
-    }
-    
-}