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+/*
+ * BioJava development code
+ *
+ * This code may be freely distributed and modified under the
+ * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence. This should
+ * be distributed with the code. If you do not have a copy,
+ * see:
+ *
+ * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html
+ *
+ * Copyright for this code is held jointly by the individual
+ * authors. These should be listed in @author doc comments.
+ *
+ * For more information on the BioJava project and its aims,
+ * or to join the biojava-l mailing list, visit the home page
+ * at:
+ *
+ * http://www.biojava.org/
+ *
+ * Created on 23.09.2004
+ * @author Andreas Prlic
+ *
+ */
+
+
+package org.biojava.dasobert.feature ;
+
+import java.util.Comparator ;
+import java.util.Map ;
+
+/** a comparator to sort Features if they are still in a Map ( sorts by type )
+ * @author Andreas Prlic
+ */
+
+public class FeatureMapComparator
+ implements Comparator
+{
+
+ public FeatureMapComparator() {
+ }
+
+ public int compare(Object a, Object b) {
+ Map x = (Map) a;
+ Map y = (Map) b;
+
+ String typea = (String)x.get("TYPE");
+ String typeb = (String)y.get("TYPE");
+
+
+
+ if ( isSecstruc(typea) && isSecstruc(typeb)) {
+ return 0 ;
+ }
+ return typea.compareTo(typeb);
+ }
+
+ public boolean isSecstruc(String type) {
+ if ( type.equals("HELIX")
+ ||
+ type.equals("STRAND")
+ ||
+ type.equals("TURN")
+ ) {
+ return true ;
+ }
+ return false ;
+ }
+
+}