@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public GenericPairComparator(TypeComparator<T1> comparator1, TypeComparator<T2> comparator2) { this.comparator1 = comparator1; this.comparator2 = comparator2; this.comparators1 = comparator1.getFlatComparators(); this.comparators2 = comparator2.getFlatComparators(); if (comparators1.length != comparators2.length) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Number of key fields and comparators differ."); } int numKeys = comparators1.length; for (int i = 0; i < numKeys; i++) { this.comparators1[i] = comparators1[i].duplicate(); this.comparators2[i] = comparators2[i].duplicate(); } this.referenceKeyFields = new Object[numKeys]; this.candidateKeyFields = new Object[numKeys]; }