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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.ui.table.cell;
+
+import org.onosproject.ui.table.CellComparator;
+
+/**
+ * A long-based cell comparator.
+ * Note that null values are acceptable and are considered "smaller" than
+ * any non-null value.
+ */
+public class LongComparator extends AbstractCellComparator {
+
+    @Override
+    protected int nonNullCompare(Object o1, Object o2) {
+        long diff = ((long) o1) - ((long) o2);
+        return diff == 0 ? 0 : (diff < 0 ? -1 : 1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * An instance of this class.
+     */
+    public static final CellComparator INSTANCE = new LongComparator();
+}