From e6285ceb313d6fdd50688a97fef1fef9ff218d6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Roland=20H=C3=A4der?= <roland@mxchange.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 15:09:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Continued: - added utilities method Countries.compare() -
 renamed class Countries to CountryUtils

---
 .../{Countries.java => CountryUtils.java}     | 29 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 rename src/org/mxchange/jcountry/model/data/{Countries.java => CountryUtils.java} (78%)

diff --git a/src/org/mxchange/jcountry/model/data/Countries.java b/src/org/mxchange/jcountry/model/data/CountryUtils.java
similarity index 78%
rename from src/org/mxchange/jcountry/model/data/Countries.java
rename to src/org/mxchange/jcountry/model/data/CountryUtils.java
index 825ec11..7086765 100644
--- a/src/org/mxchange/jcountry/model/data/Countries.java
+++ b/src/org/mxchange/jcountry/model/data/CountryUtils.java
@@ -24,13 +24,38 @@ import java.util.Objects;
  * <p>
  * @author Roland Häder<roland@mxchange.org>
  */
-public class Countries implements Serializable {
+public class CountryUtils implements Serializable {
 
 	/**
 	 * Serial number
 	 */
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 286_956_737_410L;
 
+	/**
+	 * Compares two instances of Country with each other
+	 * <p>
+	 * @param country1 First instance of Country
+	 * @param country2 Second instance of Country
+	 * <p>
+	 * @return See Comparable.compareTo()
+	 */
+	public static int compare (final Country country1, final Country country2) {
+		// Check equality, then at least first must be given
+		if (Objects.equals(country1, country2)) {
+			// Both are same
+			return 0;
+		} else if (null == country1) {
+			// First is null
+			return -1;
+		} else if (null == country2) {
+			// Second is null
+			return 1;
+		}
+
+		// Invoke compareTo() method
+		return country1.compareTo(country2);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Copies data from sourceCountry to targetCountry.
 	 * <p>
@@ -69,7 +94,7 @@ public class Countries implements Serializable {
 	/**
 	 * Utility classes should not have instances
 	 */
-	private Countries () {
+	private CountryUtils () {
 	}
 
 }
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