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C# / CSharp Tutorial » Generic » Generic IComparer 
18. 9. 2. Provide different IComparer for a Class
 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class Employee : IComparable<Employee>
{
    private string name;
    private int level;

    private class AscendingLevelComparer : IComparer<Employee>
    {
        public int Compare(Employee x, Employee y)
        {
            if (x == null && y == null
               return 0;
            else if (x == null
               return -1;
            else if (y == null
               return 1;

            if (x == y
               return 0;

            return x.level - y.level;
        }
    }

    public Employee(string name, int level)
    {
        this.name = name;
        this.level = level;
    }

    public static IComparer<Employee> LevelSorter
    {
        get return new AscendingLevelComparer()}
    }

    public override string ToString()
    {
        return string.Format("{0}: Level = {1}", name, level);
    }

    public int CompareTo(Employee other)
    {
        if (other == null
            return 1;

        if (other == this
            return 0;
        return string.Compare(this.name, other.name, true);
    }
}

public class MainClass
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        List<Employee> employeeList = new List<Employee>();

        employeeList.Add(new Employee("A"1));
        employeeList.Add(new Employee("B"5));
        employeeList.Add(new Employee("C"2));
        employeeList.Add(new Employee("D"8));
        employeeList.Add(new Employee("E"5));

        
        Console.WriteLine("Unsorted employee list:");
        foreach (Employee n in employeeList)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("  " + n);
        }

        Console.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine)
        Console.WriteLine("Employee list sorted by name (default order):");
        employeeList.Sort();
        foreach (Employee n in employeeList)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("  " + n);
        }

        Console.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine)
        Console.WriteLine("Employee list sorted by level:");
        employeeList.Sort(Employee.LevelSorter);
        foreach (Employee n in employeeList)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("  " + n);
        }
   }
}

        
Unsorted employee list:
  A: Level = 1
  B: Level = 5
  C: Level = 2
  D: Level = 8
  E: Level = 5


Employee list sorted by name (default order):
  A: Level = 1
  B: Level = 5
  C: Level = 2
  D: Level = 8
  E: Level = 5


Employee list sorted by level:
  A: Level = 1
  C: Level = 2
  E: Level = 5
  B: Level = 5
  D: Level = 8
  
18. 9. Generic IComparer
18. 9. 1. Use generic IComparer
18. 9. 2. Provide different IComparer for a Class
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