Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Lew" Subject: Re: verbose sort Message-ID: <501C1564.56022.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: bob smith Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <501AC32E.55954.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <501AC32E.55954.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 65d89489 X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 398a0a0a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 47 Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:54:15 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344020055 69.21.70.65 (Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:54:15 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:54:15 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17063 To: bob smith From: Lew bob smith wrote: > I have some code that sorts a list like so: > > Vector my_list = new Vector(); > > Comparator c = new Comparator() { > @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? Others have shown ways to shorten this, but I'm curious. "Seems" - such a duck-and-cover word. You made an assessment. Based on what criteria? What is "a lot"? You could write a cover method. Apache Commons might have a utility class for that. -- Lew --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24