public int CompareTo(ITaxonRank other)
{
if (Type != TaxonRankType.Custom && other.Type != TaxonRankType.Custom)
{
// The order of the values in the enum corresponds to their hierarchical order.
return(Type.CompareTo(other.Type));
}
else if (Suffix == other.Suffix)
{
// For custom ranks, we need to infer the hierarchical order based on the name of the rank.
// This requires that both rank suffixes are "known". If they're not, we can't compare them.
return(Prefix.CompareTo(other.Prefix));
}
else
{
// The comparison could not be performed.
return(0);
}
}
public Taxon(TaxonRankType rank, string name)
{
this.Name = name;
this.Rank = new TaxonRank(rank);
}