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| From | Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> |
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| Subject | Re: verbose sort |
| Date | Thu, 2 Aug 2012 14:15:22 -0700 (PDT) |
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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?
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
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Re: verbose sort Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-08-02 13:38 -0700
Re: verbose sort bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-08-02 15:19 -0700
Re: verbose sort Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-08-02 14:15 -0700
Re: verbose sort Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-08-03 01:37 -0700
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