记录下Guava的ComparisonChain源码

abstract class ComparisonChain {
	private ComparisonChain() {
	}

	/**
	 * Begins a new chained comparison statement. See example in the class
	 * documentation.
	 */
	public static ComparisonChain start() {
		return ACTIVE;
	}

	private static final ComparisonChain ACTIVE = new ComparisonChain() {
		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
		@Override
		public ComparisonChain compare(Comparable left, Comparable right) {
			return classify(left.compareTo(right));
		}

		@Override
		public <T> ComparisonChain compare(T left, T right, Comparator<T> comparator) {
			return classify(comparator.compare(left, right));
		}

		ComparisonChain classify(int result) {
			return (result < 0) ? LESS : (result > 0) ? GREATER : ACTIVE;
		}

		@Override
		public int result() {
			return 0;
		}
	};

	private static final ComparisonChain LESS = new InactiveComparisonChain(-1);

	private static final ComparisonChain GREATER = new InactiveComparisonChain(1);

	private static final class InactiveComparisonChain extends ComparisonChain {
		final int result;

		InactiveComparisonChain(int result) {
			this.result = result;
		}

		@Override
		public ComparisonChain compare(Comparable left, Comparable right) {
			return this;
		}

		@Override
		public <T> ComparisonChain compare(T left, T right, Comparator<T> comparator) {
			return this;
		}

		@Override
		public int result() {
			return result;
		}
	}

	public abstract ComparisonChain compare(Comparable<?> left, Comparable<?> right);

	public abstract <T> ComparisonChain compare(T left, T right, Comparator<T> comparator);

	public abstract int result();
}