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package org.apache.hadoop.record;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparator;

/**
 * A raw record comparator base class
 *
 * @author Milind Bhandarkar
 */
public abstract class RecordComparator extends WritableComparator {
  
  /**
   * Construct a raw {@link Record} comparison implementation. */
  protected RecordComparator(Class recordClass) {
    super(recordClass);
  }
  
  // inheric JavaDoc
  public abstract int compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1, byte[] b2, int s2, int l2);
  
  /**
   * Register an optimized comparator for a {@link Record} implementation.
   *
   * @param c record classs for which a raw comparator is provided
   * @param comparator Raw comparator instance for class c 
   */
  public static synchronized void define(Class c, RecordComparator comparator) {
    WritableComparator.define(c, comparator);
  }
}
