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package com.google.common.collect;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Iterator;

/** An ordering that uses the reverse of the natural order of the values. */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // TODO(kevinb): the right way to explain this??
final class ReverseNaturalOrdering
    extends Ordering<Comparable> implements Serializable {
  static final ReverseNaturalOrdering INSTANCE = new ReverseNaturalOrdering();

  @Override public int compare(Comparable left, Comparable right) {
    checkNotNull(left); // right null is caught later
    if (left == right) {
      return 0;
    }

    return right.compareTo(left);
  }

  @Override public <S extends Comparable> Ordering<S> reverse() {
    return Ordering.natural();
  }

  // Override the min/max methods to "hoist" delegation outside loops

  @Override public <E extends Comparable> E min(E a, E b) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.max(a, b);
  }

  @Override public <E extends Comparable> E min(E a, E b, E c, E... rest) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.max(a, b, c, rest);
  }

  @Override public <E extends Comparable> E min(Iterator<E> iterator) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.max(iterator);
  }

  @Override public <E extends Comparable> E min(Iterable<E> iterable) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.max(iterable);
  }

  @Override public <E extends Comparable> E max(E a, E b) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.min(a, b);
  }

  @Override public <E extends Comparable> E max(E a, E b, E c, E... rest) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.min(a, b, c, rest);
  }

  @Override public <E extends Comparable> E max(Iterator<E> iterator) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.min(iterator);
  }

  @Override public <E extends Comparable> E max(Iterable<E> iterable) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.min(iterable);
  }

  // preserving singleton-ness gives equals()/hashCode() for free
  private Object readResolve() {
    return INSTANCE;
  }

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

  private ReverseNaturalOrdering() {}

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
}