diff --git a/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/datastore/utils/ByteArrayComparator.java b/src/main/java/net/onrc/onos/datastore/utils/ByteArrayComparator.java
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+package net.onrc.onos.datastore.utils;
+
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+public final class ByteArrayComparator implements Comparator<byte[]> {
+
+    public static final ByteArrayComparator BYTEARRAY_COMPARATOR = new ByteArrayComparator();
+
+    @Override
+    public int compare(byte[] o1, byte[] o2) {
+	final ByteBuffer b1 = ByteBuffer.wrap(o1);
+	final ByteBuffer b2 = ByteBuffer.wrap(o2);
+	return b1.compareTo(b2);
+    }
+}