Nuclex.Support/Source/Collections/ReverseComparer.cs

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#region CPL License
/*
Nuclex Framework
Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Nuclex Development Labs
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the IBM Common Public License as
published by the IBM Corporation; either version 1.0 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library 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
IBM Common Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the IBM Common Public
License along with this library
*/
#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace Nuclex.Support.Collections {
/// <summary>
/// Compares two values in reverse or reverses the output of another comparer
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="ComparedType">Type of values to be compared</typeparam>
public class ReverseComparer<ComparedType> : IComparer<ComparedType> {
/// <summary>Initializes a new reverse comparer</summary>
public ReverseComparer() : this(Comparer<ComparedType>.Default) { }
/// <summary>
/// Initializes the comparer to provide the inverse results of another comparer
/// </summary>
/// <param name="comparerToReverse">Comparer whose results will be inversed</param>
public ReverseComparer(IComparer<ComparedType> comparerToReverse) {
this.comparer = comparerToReverse;
}
/// <summary>Compares the left value to the right value</summary>
/// <param name="left">Value on the left side</param>
/// <param name="right">Value on the right side</param>
/// <returns>The relationship of the two values</returns>
public int Compare(ComparedType left, ComparedType right) {
return this.comparer.Compare(right, left); // intentionally reversed
}
/// <summary>The default comparer from the .NET framework</summary>
private IComparer<ComparedType> comparer;
}
} // namespace Nuclex.Support.Collections