Re: Verifying a list is alphabetized

From:
Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:10:10 -0800
Message-ID:
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On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:43:13 -0800, Roedy Green
<see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

I'm using Java 1.6. Given a java.util.List of Strings, what is the
quickest way to verify that the list is sorted in ascending order?


improved version:

/*
 * [InOrder.java]
 *
 * Summary: Are arrays/collections already in order?.
 *
 * Copyright: (c) 2011 Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products,
http://mindprod.com
 *
 * Licence: This software may be copied and used freely for any
purpose but military.
 * http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
 *
 * Requires: JDK 1.5+
 *
 * Created with: JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA IDE
http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/
 *
 * Version History:
 * 1.0 2011-11-07 initial version
 * 1.1 2011-12-03 improve efficiency of List version for Linkedlist
or other List that does not index quickly.
 * The problem was pointed out by Patricia Shanahan.
 */
package com.mindprod.common15;

import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Are arrays/collections already in order?.
 * <p/>
 * Generics for these methods were cannibalised from Arrays.sort and
Collections.sort.
 *
 * @author Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products
 * @version 1.1 2011-12-03 improve efficiency of List version for
Linkedlist or other List that does not index quickly.
 * The problem was pointed out by Patricia
Shanahan.
 * @since 2011-11-07
 */
public final class InOrder
    {
    // -------------------------- PUBLIC STATIC METHODS
--------------------------

    /**
     * Is this array already in order according to its Comparable
interface?
     * Generics and arrays don't get along well. We get unchecked
warnings here.
     * I don't know how to fix them. It may not be possible.
     *
     * @param array array of Comparable objects.
     *
     * @return true if array already in order.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings( { "unchecked" } )
    public static boolean inOrder( Comparable[] array )
        {
        for ( int i = 1; i < array.length; i++ )
            {
            if ( array[ i ].compareTo( array[ i - 1 ] ) < 0 )
                {
                return false;
                }
            }
        return true;
        }

    /**
     * Is this List already in order according to its Comparable
interface?
     *
     * @param list List of Comparable objects, e.g. ArrayList or
LinkedList
     *
     * @return true if array already in order.
     */
    public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> boolean inOrder(
List<T> list )
        {
        T prev = null;
        for ( T item : list )
            {
            if ( prev != null && item.compareTo( prev ) < 0 )
                {
                return false;
                }
            prev = item;
            }
        return true;
        }

    /**
     * Is this Array already in order according to a given Comparator?
     *
     * @param array Array of Objects
     * @param comparator Comparator for objects in the array.
     *
     * @return true if Array already in order.
     */
    public static <T> boolean inOrder( T[] array, Comparator<? super
T> comparator )
        {
        for ( int i = 1; i < array.length; i++ )
            {
            if ( comparator.compare( array[ i ], array[ i - 1 ] ) < 0
)
                {
                return false;
                }
            }
        return true;
        }

    /**
     * Is this List already in order according to a given Comparator?
     *
     * @param list List of objects. , e.g. ArrayList, LinkedList
     * @param comparator Comparator for objects in the list.
     *
     * @return true if array already in order.
     */
    public static <T> boolean inOrder( List<T> list, Comparator<?
super T> comparator )
        {
        T prev = null;
        for ( T item : list )
            {
            if ( prev != null && comparator.compare( item, prev ) < 0
)
                {
                return false;
                }
            }
        return true;
        }
    }
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
http://mindprod.com
For me, the appeal of computer programming is that
even though I am quite a klutz,
I can still produce something, in a sense
perfect, because the computer gives me as many
chances as I please to get it right.
 

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