#include <common/net/sock/NicAddress.h>
#include <common/toolkit/Serialization.h>

/**
 * @return true if lhs (left-hand side) is preferred compared to rhs
 */
bool NicAddress_preferenceComp(const NicAddress* lhs, const NicAddress* rhs)
{
   // compares the preference of NICs
   // returns true if lhs is preferred compared to rhs

   unsigned lhsHostOrderIP;
   unsigned rhsHostOrderIP;

   // prefer RDMA NICs
   if( (lhs->nicType == NICADDRTYPE_RDMA) && (rhs->nicType != NICADDRTYPE_RDMA) )
      return true;
   if( (rhs->nicType == NICADDRTYPE_RDMA) && (lhs->nicType != NICADDRTYPE_RDMA) )
      return false;

   // no bandwidth in client NicAddress
//   // prefer higher bandwidth
//   if(lhs->bandwidth > rhs->bandwidth)
//      return true;
//   if(lhs->bandwidth < rhs->bandwidth)
//      return false;

   // prefer higher ipAddr
   lhsHostOrderIP = ntohl(lhs->ipAddr.s_addr);
   rhsHostOrderIP = ntohl(rhs->ipAddr.s_addr);

   // this is the original IP-order version
   return lhsHostOrderIP > rhsHostOrderIP;
}