/Dependencies/boo/src/Boo.Lang/BooComparer.cs

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namespace Boo.Lang
{
	using System;
	using System.Collections;

	/// <summary>
	/// Compares items lexicographically through IEnumerable whenever
	/// they don't implement IComparable.
	/// </summary>
	[Serializable]
	public class BooComparer : IComparer
	{
		public static readonly IComparer Default = new BooComparer();

		private BooComparer()
		{
		}

		public int Compare(object lhs, object rhs)
		{
			if (null == lhs)
			{
				if (null == rhs)
				{
					return 0;
				}

				return -1;
			}
			else
			{
				if (null == rhs)
				{
					return 1;
				}

				IComparable lhsComparable = lhs as IComparable;
				if (null == lhsComparable)
				{
					IComparable rhsComparable = rhs as IComparable;
					if (null == rhsComparable)
					{
						IEnumerable lhsEnumerable = lhs as IEnumerable;
						IEnumerable rhsEnumerable = rhs as IEnumerable;
						if (null != lhsEnumerable && null != rhsEnumerable)
						{
							return CompareEnumerables(lhsEnumerable, rhsEnumerable);
						}
						//throw new ArgumentException(ResourceManager.GetString("CantCompareItems"));
						return lhs.Equals(rhs) ? 0 : 1;
					}
					return -1*(rhsComparable.CompareTo(lhs));
				}
				return lhsComparable.CompareTo(rhs);
			}
		}

		int CompareEnumerables(IEnumerable lhs, IEnumerable rhs)
		{
			IEnumerator lhsEnum = lhs.GetEnumerator();
			IEnumerator rhsEnum = rhs.GetEnumerator();

			while (lhsEnum.MoveNext())
			{
				if (!rhsEnum.MoveNext())
				{
					return 1;
				}

				int value = Compare(lhsEnum.Current, rhsEnum.Current);
				if (0 == value)
				{
					continue;
				}
				return value;
			}

			if (rhsEnum.MoveNext())
			{
				return -1;
			}

			return 0;
		}
	}
}