BytesRefComparator (Lucene 9.4.0 core API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRefComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<BytesRef>
```
public abstract class BytesRefComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<BytesRef>
```
Specialized BytesRef comparator that SortableBytesRefArray.iterator(Comparator) has optimizations for.

NOTE: This API is for internal purposes only and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected BytesRefComparator(int comparedBytesCount)
Sole constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected abstract int`	`byteAt(BytesRef ref, int i)`	Return the unsigned byte to use for comparison at index `i`, or `-1` if all bytes that are useful for comparisons are exhausted.
`int`	`compare(BytesRef o1, BytesRef o2)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator
equals, reversed, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

- Constructor Detail
  - BytesRefComparator
```
protected BytesRefComparator(int comparedBytesCount)
```
    Sole constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    comparedBytesCount - the maximum number of bytes to compare.
- Method Detail
  - byteAt
```
protected abstract int byteAt(BytesRef ref,
                              int i)
```
    Return the unsigned byte to use for comparison at index i, or -1 if all bytes that are useful for comparisons are exhausted. This may only be called with a value of i between 0 included and comparedBytesCount excluded.
  - compare
```
public int compare(BytesRef o1,
                   BytesRef o2)
```
    Specified by:
    
    compare in interface Comparator<BytesRef>