//  DistanceToPopulationComparator.java
//
//  Author:
//       Antonio J. Nebro <antonio@lcc.uma.es>
//       Juan J. Durillo <durillo@lcc.uma.es>
//
//  Copyright (c) 2011 Antonio J. Nebro, Juan J. Durillo
//
//  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
//  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
//  (at your option) any later version.
//
//  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
//  GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
// 
//  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
//  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

package jmetal.util.comparators;

import jmetal.core.Solution;

import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * This class implements a <code>Comparator</code> (a method for comparing
 * <code>Solution</code> objects) based on the euclidean distance to a
 * solution set. This distances are obtained through the method 
 * <code>getDistanceToPopulation<code>.
 */
public class DistanceToPopulationComparator implements Comparator{
    
 /**
  * Compares two solutions.
  * @param o1 Object representing the first <code>Solution</code>.
  * @param o2 Object representing the second <code>Solution</code>.
  * @return -1, or 0, or 1 if o1 is less than, equal, or greater than o2,
  * respectively.
  */
  public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
    if (o1==null)
      return 1;
    else if (o2 == null)
      return -1;
    
    double distance1 = ((Solution)o1).getDistanceToSolutionSet();
    double distance2 = ((Solution)o2).getDistanceToSolutionSet();
    if (distance1 < distance2) {
      return -1;
    } else if (distance1 > distance2) {
      return 1;
    }
    
    return 0;
  } // compare
} // DistanceToPopulationComparator
