Java example source code file (AllEqualOrdering.java)

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The AllEqualOrdering.java Java example source code

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package com.google.common.collect;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * An ordering that treats all references as equals, even nulls.
 *
 * @author Emily Soldal
 */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
final class AllEqualOrdering extends Ordering<Object> implements Serializable {
  static final AllEqualOrdering INSTANCE = new AllEqualOrdering();

  @Override
  public int compare(@Nullable Object left, @Nullable Object right) {
    return 0;
  }

  @Override
  public <E> List sortedCopy(Iterable iterable) {
    return Lists.newArrayList(iterable);
  }

  @Override
  public <E> ImmutableList immutableSortedCopy(Iterable iterable) {
    return ImmutableList.copyOf(iterable);
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  @Override
  public <S> Ordering reverse() {
    return (Ordering<S>) this;
  }

  private Object readResolve() {
    return INSTANCE;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "Ordering.allEqual()";
  }

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
}