/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
 *
 * 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.
 */

package com.google.common.collect;

import java.io.Serializable;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

/**
 * An ordering that uses the natural order of the string representation of the
 * values.
 */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
final class UsingToStringOrdering extends Ordering<Object> implements Serializable {
	static final UsingToStringOrdering INSTANCE = new UsingToStringOrdering();

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;

	private UsingToStringOrdering() {
	}

	@Override
	public int compare(Object left, Object right) {
		return left.toString().compareTo(right.toString());
	}

	// preserve singleton-ness, so equals() and hashCode() work correctly
	private Object readResolve() {
		return INSTANCE;
	}

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