Re: generic sorting?
willitheowl@gmail.com wrote:
public class IndirectComparator<...> implements Comparator<...> // 1
{
public int compare(int i, int j)
{
return weight[i].compareTo(weight[j]); // 2
}
}
Hi Bob,
Not sure if this is what you had in mind, but see if this helps
(below). Some days I have a heck of a time wrapping my head around
generics and I find Eclipse to have very straight forward tips when I
go astray.
public final class IndirectComparator<T, R extends Comparable<? super
R>>
implements Comparator<T> // 1
{
List<R> weights;
List<T> objs;
public IndirectComparator(List<R> weights, List<T> objs) {
this.weights = weights;
this.objs = objs;
}
public int compare(T i, T j) {
return weights.get(objs.indexOf(i)).compareTo(
weights.get(objs.indexOf(j))); // 2
}
}
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