/************************************************************************
 *
 *  StringComparator.java
 *
 *  Copyright: 2002-2015 by Henrik Just
 *
 *  This file is part of Writer2LaTeX.
 *  
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 *  Version 1.6 (2015-05-19)
 *
 */
package writer2latex.util;

import java.text.Collator;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Locale;

/** This is a <code>Comparator</code> implementation specific for objects compared by one or more string values.
 *
 * @param <T> the class to compare
 */
public abstract class StringComparator<T> implements Comparator<T> {
	
	private Collator collator;
	
	protected Collator getCollator() {
		return collator;
	}

	protected StringComparator(String sLanguage, String sCountry) {
        if (sLanguage==null) { // use default locale
            collator = Collator.getInstance();
        }
        else {
            if (sCountry==null) { sCountry=""; }
            collator = Collator.getInstance(new Locale(sLanguage,sCountry));
        }
	}
}