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Re: verbose sort

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On 8/2/2012 1:19 PM, markspace wrote:
> 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 );

     Throws NullPointerException if the list has any nulls.

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Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid

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verbose sort bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-08-02 08:37 -0700
  Re: verbose sort Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-08-02 12:28 -0400
  Re: verbose sort markspace <-@.> - 2012-08-02 10:19 -0700
    Re: verbose sort Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-08-02 13:59 -0400
      Re: verbose sort markspace <-@.> - 2012-08-02 11:14 -0700
        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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