text: /*
   * Copyright (c) 2008-2019, Hazelcast, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
   *
   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   * You may obtain a copy of the License at
   *
   * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   *
   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   * limitations under the License.
   */
  //
  // Created by ihsan demir on 14 Apr 2016.
  
  #ifndef HAZELCAST_UTIL_COMPARATOR_
  #define HAZELCAST_UTIL_COMPARATOR_
  
  namespace hazelcast {
      namespace util {
          template <typename T>
          class Comparator {
          public:
              virtual ~Comparator() { }
  
              /**
               * @lhs First value to compare
               * @rhs Second value to compare
               * @return Returns < 0 if lhs is less, >0 if lhs is greater, else returns 0.
               */
              virtual int compare(const T *lhs, const T *rhs) const = 0;
          };
      }
  }
  
  
  #endif //HAZELCAST_UTIL_COMPARATOR_
  
  