Re: verbose sort
To: markspace
From: Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
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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