//
// System.Collections.Comparer.cs
//
// Author:
//   Sergey Chaban (serge@wildwestsoftware.com)
//

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using System.Globalization;

namespace System.Collections
{
	[Serializable]
	public sealed class Comparer : IComparer
	{
		public static readonly Comparer Default = new Comparer ();
#if NET_1_1
		public
#else
		internal
#endif
		static readonly Comparer DefaultInvariant = new Comparer (CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

		CultureInfo _culture;

		private Comparer ()
		{
			//LAMESPEC: This seems to be encoded at runtime while CaseInsensitiveComparer does at creation
		}

#if NET_1_1
		public
#else
		internal
#endif
		Comparer (CultureInfo culture)
		{
			if (culture == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("culture");

			_culture = culture;
		}


		// IComparer
		public int Compare (object a, object b)
		{
			if (a == b)
				return 0;
			else if (a == null)
				return -1;
			else if (b == null)
				return 1;

			if (_culture != null) {
				string sa = a as string;
				string sb = b as string;
				if (sa != null && sb != null)
					return _culture.CompareInfo.Compare (sa, sb);
			}

			if (a is IComparable)
				return (a as IComparable).CompareTo (b);
			else if (b is IComparable)
				return -(b as IComparable).CompareTo (a);

			throw new ArgumentException (Locale.GetText ("Neither a nor b Comparable."));
		}
	}
}
