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25 
26 
27 /**
28  * ByteArrayTagOrder: a class for comparing two DER encodings by the
29  * order of their tags.
30  *
31  * @author D. N. Hoover
32  */
33 
34 package sun.security.util;
35 
36 import java.util.Comparator;
37 
38 public class ByteArrayTagOrder implements Comparator<byte[]> {
39 
40     /**
41      * Compare two byte arrays, by the order of their tags,
42      * as defined in ITU-T X.680, sec. 6.4.  (First compare
43      *  tag classes, then tag numbers, ignoring the constructivity bit.)
44      *
45      * @param  bytes1 first byte array to compare.
46      * @param  bytes2 second byte array to compare.
47      * @return negative number if bytes1 < bytes2, 0 if bytes1 == bytes2,
48      * positive number if bytes1 > bytes2.
49      *
50      * @exception <code>ClassCastException</code>
51      * if either argument is not a byte array.
52      */
53 
compare(byte[] bytes1, byte[] bytes2)54     public final int compare(byte[] bytes1, byte[] bytes2) {
55         // tag order is same as byte order ignoring any difference in
56         // the constructivity bit (0x02)
57         return (bytes1[0] | 0x20) - (bytes2[0] | 0x20);
58     }
59 
60 
61 }
62