Nuclex.Support/Source/Collections/ReverseComparer.cs

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C#

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