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Re: verbose sort

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  To: bob smith
From: markspace <-@.>

On 8/2/2012 8:37 AM, bob smith wrote:
> I have some code that sorts a list like so:
>
> Vector<String> my_list = new Vector<String>();
>
>
>               Comparator<String> c = new Comparator<String>() {
>                       @Override
>                       public int compare(String object1, String object2) {
>                               if (object1 == null)
>                                       return -1;
>                               if (object2 == null)
>                                       return 1;
>                               object1 = object1.toLowerCase();
>                               object2 = object2.toLowerCase();
>                               return object1.compareTo(object2);
>                       };
>               };
>
> Collections.sort(my_list, c);
>
>
> This seems like a lot of code for such a common operation.
 > Is there a more succinct way of doing this?
>


   Collections.sort( my_list, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER );

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verbose sort "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:12 +0000
  Re: verbose sort "markspace" <markspace@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:12 +0000
    Re: verbose sort "Eric Sosman" <eric.sosman@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:12 +0000
      Re: verbose sort "markspace" <markspace@1:261/38.remove-s5y-this> - 2012-08-02 19:12 +0000
        Re: verbose sort "Daniel Pitts" <daniel.pitts@1:261/38.remove-yy0-this> - 2012-08-03 18:54 +0000
    Re: verbose sort "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-yy0-this> - 2012-08-03 18:54 +0000
  Re: verbose sort "Lew" <lew@1:261/38.remove-yy0-this> - 2012-08-03 18:54 +0000
  Re: verbose sort "Roedy Green" <roedy.green@1:261/38.remove-yy0-this> - 2012-08-03 18:54 +0000

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