cs11dotnet7/vscode/Chapter06/PacktLibrary/PersonComparer.cs

namespace Packt.Shared;

public class PersonComparer : IComparer<Person?>
{
  public int Compare(Person? x, Person? y)
  {
    int position;
    if ((x is not null) && (y is not null))
    {
      if ((x.Name is not null) && (y.Name is not null))
      {
        // if both Name values are not null...

        // ...compare the Name lengths...
        int result = x.Name.Length.CompareTo(y.Name.Length);

        /// ...if they are equal... 
        if (result == 0)
        {
          // ...then compare by the Names...
          return x.Name.CompareTo(y.Name);
        }
        else
        {
          // ...otherwise compare by the lengths.
          position = result;
        }
      }
      else if ((x.Name is not null) && (y.Name is null))
      {
        position = -1; // else x Person precedes y Person
      }
      else if ((x.Name is null) && (y.Name is not null))
      {
        position = 1; // else x Person follows y Person
      }
      else
      {
        position = 0; // x Person and y Person are at same position
      }
    }
    else if ((x is not null) && (y is null))
    {
      position = -1; // x Person precedes y Person
    }
    else if ((x is null) && (y is not null))
    {
      position = 1; // x Person follows y Person
    }
    else
    {
      position = 0; // x Person and y Person are at same position
    }
    return position;
  }
}