1   /**
2    * Investor, the open-source investment library
3    *
4    * (C) Copyright 2008, by individual contributors as indicated by the @author tag.
5    *
6    * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
7    * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
8    * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
9    * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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11   * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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14   * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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20   */
21  package com.nickokiss.investor.fin.element;
22  
23  import java.math.BigDecimal;
24  import java.util.Comparator;
25  
26  import com.nickokiss.investor.calc.CashFlowStreamCalc;
27  
28  /**
29   * Use when investment can be repeatedly reinvested
30   * 
31   * @author Tomasz Koscinski <tomasz.koscinski@nickokiss.com>
32   */
33  public class CashFlowIRRComparator implements Comparator<CashFlowStream> {
34  
35    private int scale;
36  
37    public CashFlowIRRComparator(int scale) {
38      super();
39      this.scale = scale;
40    }
41  
42    public int getScale() {
43      return scale;
44    }
45  
46    public void setScale(int scale) {
47      this.scale = scale;
48    }
49  
50    @Override
51    public int compare(CashFlowStream cfs1, CashFlowStream cfs2) {
52      CashFlowStreamCalc calc = new CashFlowStreamCalc();
53      BigDecimal irr1 = calc.getInternalRateOfReturn(cfs1, scale);
54      BigDecimal irr2 = calc.getInternalRateOfReturn(cfs2, scale);
55      irr1 = irr1.setScale(scale, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);
56      irr2 = irr2.setScale(scale, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);
57      return irr1.compareTo(irr2);
58    }
59  }