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     25 
     26 
     27 package sun.security.util;
     28 
     29 import java.util.Comparator;
     30 
     31 /**
     32  * Compare two byte arrays in lexicographical order.
     33  *
     34  * @author D. N. Hoover
     35  */
     36 public class ByteArrayLexOrder implements Comparator<byte[]> {
     37 
     38     /**
     39      * Perform lexicographical comparison of two byte arrays,
     40      * regarding each byte as unsigned.  That is, compare array entries
     41      * in order until they differ--the array with the smaller entry
     42      * is "smaller". If array entries are
     43      * equal till one array ends, then the longer array is "bigger".
     44      *
     45      * @param  bytes1 first byte array to compare.
     46      * @param  bytes2 second byte array to compare.
     47      * @return negative number if bytes1 < bytes2, 0 if bytes1 == bytes2,
     48      * positive number if bytes1 > bytes2.
     49      *
     50      * @exception <code>ClassCastException</code>
     51      * if either argument is not a byte array.
     52      */
     53     public final int compare( byte[] bytes1, byte[] bytes2) {
     54         int diff;
     55         for (int i = 0; i < bytes1.length && i < bytes2.length; i++) {
     56             diff = (bytes1[i] & 0xFF) - (bytes2[i] & 0xFF);
     57             if (diff != 0) {
     58                 return diff;
     59             }
     60         }
     61         // if array entries are equal till the first ends, then the
     62         // longer is "bigger"
     63         return bytes1.length - bytes2.length;
     64     }
     65 
     66 
     67 }
     68