tools/java/org/unicode/cldr/util/SetComparator.java

package org.unicode.cldr.util;

import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;

public class SetComparator<T extends Comparable<T>> implements Comparator<Set<T>> {
    public int compare(Set<T> o1, Set<T> o2) {
        int size1 = o1.size();
        int size2 = o2.size();
        int diff = size1 - size2;
        if (diff != 0) {
            return diff;
        }
        Iterator<T> i1 = o1.iterator();
        Iterator<T> i2 = o2.iterator();
        while (i1.hasNext() && i2.hasNext()) {
            T item1 = i1.next();
            T item2 = i2.next();
            diff = item1.compareTo(item2);
            if (diff != 0) {
                return diff;
            }
        }
        // we know that they are the same length at this point, so if we
        // make it through the gauntlet, we're done
        return 0;
    }
}