package eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.sx.scholix;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;

import java.text.Normalizer;
import java.util.List;

public class ScholixComparator {


    public static String normalizeString(final String input) {
        if (input == null)
            return null;

        return Normalizer.normalize(input, Normalizer.Form.NFD)
                .toLowerCase()
                .replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9]", "");
    }


    public static  int  compareScholixEntityId(final List<ScholixEntityId> first, final List<ScholixEntityId> second) {
        return 0;
    }

    public  static int compareString(final String first, final String second) {


        if (first == null && second == null)
            return 0;
        if (first==null )
            return 1;
        if (second == null)
            return  -1;
        return first.compareTo(second);
    }

}