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Re: verbose sort

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From	"bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-5qr-this>
Subject	Re: verbose sort
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  To: markspace
From: "bob smith" <bob.smith@1:261/38.remove-yy0-this>

  To: markspace
From: bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com>

On Thursday, August 2, 2012 12:19:50 PM UTC-5, markspace wrote:
> On 8/2/2012 8:37 AM, bob smith wrote:
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> > I have some code that sorts a list like so:
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> > Vector<String> my_list = new Vector<String>();
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> >             Comparator<String> c = new Comparator<String>() {
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> >                     @Override
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> >                     public int compare(String object1, String object2) {
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> >                             if (object1 == null)
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> >                                     return -1;
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> >                             if (object2 == null)
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> >                                     return 1;
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> >                             object1 = object1.toLowerCase();
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> >                             object2 = object2.toLowerCase();
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> >                             return object1.compareTo(object2);
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> >                     };
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> >             };
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> > Collections.sort(my_list, c);
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> > This seems like a lot of code for such a common operation.
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>  > Is there a more succinct way of doing this?
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>    Collections.sort( my_list, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER );

Very nice, thanks.

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