public int CompareTo(AlleleBlock other)
{
// first sort ascending by start point of the blocks
int positionCompare = PositionIndex.CompareTo(other.PositionIndex);
if (positionCompare != 0)
{
return(positionCompare);
}
// then sort descending by end point of the blocks
int sizeCompare = AlleleIndexes.Length.CompareTo(other.AlleleIndexes.Length);
if (sizeCompare != 0)
{
return(-sizeCompare);
}
// then sort ascending by start point of the blocks w/ trimmed ref position considered
int numRefPosBeforeCompare = NumRefPositionsBefore.CompareTo(other.NumRefPositionsBefore);
if (numRefPosBeforeCompare != 0)
{
return(numRefPosBeforeCompare);
}
// then sort descending by end point of the blocks w/ trimmed ref position considered
int numRefPosAfterCompare = NumRefPositionsAfter.CompareTo(other.NumRefPositionsAfter);
if (numRefPosAfterCompare != 0)
{
return(-numRefPosAfterCompare);
}
// then sort ascending by each allele index
for (int i = 0; i < AlleleIndexes.Length; i++)
{
int alleleCompare = AlleleIndexes[i].CompareTo(other.AlleleIndexes[i]);
if (alleleCompare != 0)
{
return(alleleCompare);
}
}
return(0);
}
