public class Arrays extends Object
This class contains various methods for manipulating arrays (such as sorting and searching). This class also contains a static factory that allows arrays to be viewed as lists.
The methods in this class all throw a NullPointerException, if the specified array reference is null, except where noted.
The documentation for the methods contained in this class includes briefs description of the implementations. Such descriptions should be regarded as implementation notes, rather than parts of the specification. Implementors should feel free to substitute other algorithms, so long as the specification itself is adhered to. (For example, the algorithm used by sort(Object[]) does not have to be a MergeSort, but it does have to be stable.)
This class is a member of the Java Collections Framework.
public static void sort(int[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedpublic static void sort(int[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void sort(long[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedpublic static void sort(long[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void sort(short[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedpublic static void sort(short[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void sort(char[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedpublic static void sort(char[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void sort(byte[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedpublic static void sort(byte[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void sort(float[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
The < relation does not provide a total order on all float values: -0.0f == 0.0f is true and a Float.NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any value, even itself. This method uses the total order imposed by the method Float.compareTo(java.lang.Float): -0.0f is treated as less than value 0.0f and Float.NaN is considered greater than any other value and all Float.NaN values are considered equal.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedpublic static void sort(float[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
The < relation does not provide a total order on all float values: -0.0f == 0.0f is true and a Float.NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any value, even itself. This method uses the total order imposed by the method Float.compareTo(java.lang.Float): -0.0f is treated as less than value 0.0f and Float.NaN is considered greater than any other value and all Float.NaN values are considered equal.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void sort(double[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
The < relation does not provide a total order on all double values: -0.0d == 0.0d is true and a Double.NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any value, even itself. This method uses the total order imposed by the method Double.compareTo(java.lang.Double): -0.0d is treated as less than value 0.0d and Double.NaN is considered greater than any other value and all Double.NaN values are considered equal.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedpublic static void sort(double[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
The < relation does not provide a total order on all double values: -0.0d == 0.0d is true and a Double.NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any value, even itself. This method uses the total order imposed by the method Double.compareTo(java.lang.Double): -0.0d is treated as less than value 0.0d and Double.NaN is considered greater than any other value and all Double.NaN values are considered equal.
Implementation note: The sorting algorithm is a Dual-Pivot Quicksort by Vladimir Yaroslavskiy, Jon Bentley, and Joshua Bloch. This algorithm offers O(n log(n)) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance, and is typically faster than traditional (one-pivot) Quicksort implementations.
a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void parallelSort(byte[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedpublic static void parallelSort(byte[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the specified range of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void parallelSort(char[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedpublic static void parallelSort(char[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the specified range of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void parallelSort(short[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedpublic static void parallelSort(short[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the specified range of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void parallelSort(int[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedpublic static void parallelSort(int[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the specified range of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void parallelSort(long[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedpublic static void parallelSort(long[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the specified range of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void parallelSort(float[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
The < relation does not provide a total order on all float values: -0.0f == 0.0f is true and a Float.NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any value, even itself. This method uses the total order imposed by the method Float.compareTo(java.lang.Float): -0.0f is treated as less than value 0.0f and Float.NaN is considered greater than any other value and all Float.NaN values are considered equal.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedpublic static void parallelSort(float[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
The < relation does not provide a total order on all float values: -0.0f == 0.0f is true and a Float.NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any value, even itself. This method uses the total order imposed by the method Float.compareTo(java.lang.Float): -0.0f is treated as less than value 0.0f and Float.NaN is considered greater than any other value and all Float.NaN values are considered equal.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the specified range of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void parallelSort(double[] a)
Sorts the specified array into ascending numerical order.
The < relation does not provide a total order on all double values: -0.0d == 0.0d is true and a Double.NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any value, even itself. This method uses the total order imposed by the method Double.compareTo(java.lang.Double): -0.0d is treated as less than value 0.0d and Double.NaN is considered greater than any other value and all Double.NaN values are considered equal.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedpublic static void parallelSort(double[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the array into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from the index fromIndex, inclusive, to the index toIndex, exclusive. If fromIndex == toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.
The < relation does not provide a total order on all double values: -0.0d == 0.0d is true and a Double.NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any value, even itself. This method uses the total order imposed by the method Double.compareTo(java.lang.Double): -0.0d is treated as less than value 0.0d and Double.NaN is considered greater than any other value and all Double.NaN values are considered equal.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the specified range of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> void parallelSort(T[] a)
Sorts the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements. All elements in the array must implement the Comparable interface. Furthermore, all elements in the array must be mutually comparable (that is, e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the array).
This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.T - the class of the objects to be sorteda - the array to be sortedClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers)IllegalArgumentException - (optional) if the natural ordering of the array elements is found to violate the Comparable contractpublic static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> void parallelSort(T[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.) All elements in this range must implement the Comparable interface. Furthermore, all elements in this range must be mutually comparable (that is, e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the array).
This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the specified range of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.T - the class of the objects to be sorteda - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex or (optional) if the natural ordering of the array elements is found to violate the Comparable contractArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers).public static <T> void parallelSort(T[] a,
Comparator<? super T> cmp) Sorts the specified array of objects according to the order induced by the specified comparator. All elements in the array must be mutually comparable by the specified comparator (that is, c.compare(e1, e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the array).
This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.T - the class of the objects to be sorteda - the array to be sortedcmp - the comparator to determine the order of the array. A null value indicates that the elements' natural ordering should be used.ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable using the specified comparatorIllegalArgumentException - (optional) if the comparator is found to violate the Comparator contractpublic static <T> void parallelSort(T[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
Comparator<? super T> cmp) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of objects according to the order induced by the specified comparator. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.) All elements in the range must be mutually comparable by the specified comparator (that is, c.compare(e1, e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the range).
This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.
Arrays.sort method. If the length of the specified array is less than the minimum granularity, then it is sorted using the appropriate Arrays.sort method. The algorithm requires a working space no greater than the size of the specified range of the original array. The ForkJoin common pool is used to execute any parallel tasks.T - the class of the objects to be sorteda - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be sortedcmp - the comparator to determine the order of the array. A null value indicates that the elements' natural ordering should be used.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex or (optional) if the natural ordering of the array elements is found to violate the Comparable contractArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers).public static void sort(Object[] a)
Sorts the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements. All elements in the array must implement the Comparable interface. Furthermore, all elements in the array must be mutually comparable (that is, e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the array).
This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.
Implementation note: This implementation is a stable, adaptive, iterative mergesort that requires far fewer than n lg(n) comparisons when the input array is partially sorted, while offering the performance of a traditional mergesort when the input array is randomly ordered. If the input array is nearly sorted, the implementation requires approximately n comparisons. Temporary storage requirements vary from a small constant for nearly sorted input arrays to n/2 object references for randomly ordered input arrays.
The implementation takes equal advantage of ascending and descending order in its input array, and can take advantage of ascending and descending order in different parts of the the same input array. It is well-suited to merging two or more sorted arrays: simply concatenate the arrays and sort the resulting array.
The implementation was adapted from Tim Peters's list sort for Python ( TimSort). It uses techniques from Peter McIlroy's "Optimistic Sorting and Information Theoretic Complexity", in Proceedings of the Fourth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, pp 467-474, January 1993.
a - the array to be sortedClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers)IllegalArgumentException - (optional) if the natural ordering of the array elements is found to violate the Comparable contractpublic static void sort(Object[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.) All elements in this range must implement the Comparable interface. Furthermore, all elements in this range must be mutually comparable (that is, e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the array).
This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.
Implementation note: This implementation is a stable, adaptive, iterative mergesort that requires far fewer than n lg(n) comparisons when the input array is partially sorted, while offering the performance of a traditional mergesort when the input array is randomly ordered. If the input array is nearly sorted, the implementation requires approximately n comparisons. Temporary storage requirements vary from a small constant for nearly sorted input arrays to n/2 object references for randomly ordered input arrays.
The implementation takes equal advantage of ascending and descending order in its input array, and can take advantage of ascending and descending order in different parts of the the same input array. It is well-suited to merging two or more sorted arrays: simply concatenate the arrays and sort the resulting array.
The implementation was adapted from Tim Peters's list sort for Python ( TimSort). It uses techniques from Peter McIlroy's "Optimistic Sorting and Information Theoretic Complexity", in Proceedings of the Fourth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, pp 467-474, January 1993.
a - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be sortedIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex or (optional) if the natural ordering of the array elements is found to violate the Comparable contractArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers).public static <T> void sort(T[] a,
Comparator<? super T> c) Sorts the specified array of objects according to the order induced by the specified comparator. All elements in the array must be mutually comparable by the specified comparator (that is, c.compare(e1, e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the array).
This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.
Implementation note: This implementation is a stable, adaptive, iterative mergesort that requires far fewer than n lg(n) comparisons when the input array is partially sorted, while offering the performance of a traditional mergesort when the input array is randomly ordered. If the input array is nearly sorted, the implementation requires approximately n comparisons. Temporary storage requirements vary from a small constant for nearly sorted input arrays to n/2 object references for randomly ordered input arrays.
The implementation takes equal advantage of ascending and descending order in its input array, and can take advantage of ascending and descending order in different parts of the the same input array. It is well-suited to merging two or more sorted arrays: simply concatenate the arrays and sort the resulting array.
The implementation was adapted from Tim Peters's list sort for Python ( TimSort). It uses techniques from Peter McIlroy's "Optimistic Sorting and Information Theoretic Complexity", in Proceedings of the Fourth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, pp 467-474, January 1993.
T - the class of the objects to be sorteda - the array to be sortedc - the comparator to determine the order of the array. A null value indicates that the elements' natural ordering should be used.ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable using the specified comparatorIllegalArgumentException - (optional) if the comparator is found to violate the Comparator contractpublic static <T> void sort(T[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
Comparator<? super T> c) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of objects according to the order induced by the specified comparator. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.) All elements in the range must be mutually comparable by the specified comparator (that is, c.compare(e1, e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the range).
This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.
Implementation note: This implementation is a stable, adaptive, iterative mergesort that requires far fewer than n lg(n) comparisons when the input array is partially sorted, while offering the performance of a traditional mergesort when the input array is randomly ordered. If the input array is nearly sorted, the implementation requires approximately n comparisons. Temporary storage requirements vary from a small constant for nearly sorted input arrays to n/2 object references for randomly ordered input arrays.
The implementation takes equal advantage of ascending and descending order in its input array, and can take advantage of ascending and descending order in different parts of the the same input array. It is well-suited to merging two or more sorted arrays: simply concatenate the arrays and sort the resulting array.
The implementation was adapted from Tim Peters's list sort for Python ( TimSort). It uses techniques from Peter McIlroy's "Optimistic Sorting and Information Theoretic Complexity", in Proceedings of the Fourth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, pp 467-474, January 1993.
T - the class of the objects to be sorteda - the array to be sortedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sortedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be sortedc - the comparator to determine the order of the array. A null value indicates that the elements' natural ordering should be used.ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable using the specified comparator.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex or (optional) if the comparator is found to violate the Comparator contractArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static <T> void parallelPrefix(T[] array,
BinaryOperator<T> op) Cumulates, in parallel, each element of the given array in place, using the supplied function. For example if the array initially holds [2, 1, 0, 3] and the operation performs addition, then upon return the array holds [2, 3, 3, 6]. Parallel prefix computation is usually more efficient than sequential loops for large arrays.
T - the class of the objects in the arrayarray - the array, which is modified in-place by this methodop - a side-effect-free, associative function to perform the cumulationNullPointerException - if the specified array or function is nullpublic static <T> void parallelPrefix(T[] array,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
BinaryOperator<T> op) Performs parallelPrefix(Object[], BinaryOperator) for the given subrange of the array.
T - the class of the objects in the arrayarray - the arrayfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusivetoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusiveop - a side-effect-free, associative function to perform the cumulationIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > array.length
NullPointerException - if the specified array or function is nullpublic static void parallelPrefix(long[] array,
LongBinaryOperator op) Cumulates, in parallel, each element of the given array in place, using the supplied function. For example if the array initially holds [2, 1, 0, 3] and the operation performs addition, then upon return the array holds [2, 3, 3, 6]. Parallel prefix computation is usually more efficient than sequential loops for large arrays.
array - the array, which is modified in-place by this methodop - a side-effect-free, associative function to perform the cumulationNullPointerException - if the specified array or function is nullpublic static void parallelPrefix(long[] array,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
LongBinaryOperator op) Performs parallelPrefix(long[], LongBinaryOperator) for the given subrange of the array.
array - the arrayfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusivetoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusiveop - a side-effect-free, associative function to perform the cumulationIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > array.length
NullPointerException - if the specified array or function is nullpublic static void parallelPrefix(double[] array,
DoubleBinaryOperator op) Cumulates, in parallel, each element of the given array in place, using the supplied function. For example if the array initially holds [2.0, 1.0, 0.0, 3.0] and the operation performs addition, then upon return the array holds [2.0, 3.0, 3.0, 6.0]. Parallel prefix computation is usually more efficient than sequential loops for large arrays.
Because floating-point operations may not be strictly associative, the returned result may not be identical to the value that would be obtained if the operation was performed sequentially.
array - the array, which is modified in-place by this methodop - a side-effect-free function to perform the cumulationNullPointerException - if the specified array or function is nullpublic static void parallelPrefix(double[] array,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
DoubleBinaryOperator op) Performs parallelPrefix(double[], DoubleBinaryOperator) for the given subrange of the array.
array - the arrayfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusivetoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusiveop - a side-effect-free, associative function to perform the cumulationIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > array.length
NullPointerException - if the specified array or function is nullpublic static void parallelPrefix(int[] array,
IntBinaryOperator op) Cumulates, in parallel, each element of the given array in place, using the supplied function. For example if the array initially holds [2, 1, 0, 3] and the operation performs addition, then upon return the array holds [2, 3, 3, 6]. Parallel prefix computation is usually more efficient than sequential loops for large arrays.
array - the array, which is modified in-place by this methodop - a side-effect-free, associative function to perform the cumulationNullPointerException - if the specified array or function is nullpublic static void parallelPrefix(int[] array,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
IntBinaryOperator op) Performs parallelPrefix(int[], IntBinaryOperator) for the given subrange of the array.
array - the arrayfromIndex - the index of the first element, inclusivetoIndex - the index of the last element, exclusiveop - a side-effect-free, associative function to perform the cumulationIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > array.length
NullPointerException - if the specified array or function is nullpublic static int binarySearch(long[] a,
long key) Searches the specified array of longs for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort(long[]) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element greater than the key, or a.length if all elements in the array are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.public static int binarySearch(long[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
long key) Searches a range of the specified array of longs for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The range must be sorted (as by the sort(long[], int, int) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the range contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be searchedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element in the range greater than the key, or toIndex if all elements in the range are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static int binarySearch(int[] a,
int key) Searches the specified array of ints for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort(int[]) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element greater than the key, or a.length if all elements in the array are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.public static int binarySearch(int[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
int key) Searches a range of the specified array of ints for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The range must be sorted (as by the sort(int[], int, int) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the range contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be searchedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element in the range greater than the key, or toIndex if all elements in the range are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static int binarySearch(short[] a,
short key) Searches the specified array of shorts for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort(short[]) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element greater than the key, or a.length if all elements in the array are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.public static int binarySearch(short[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
short key) Searches a range of the specified array of shorts for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The range must be sorted (as by the sort(short[], int, int) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the range contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be searchedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element in the range greater than the key, or toIndex if all elements in the range are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static int binarySearch(char[] a,
char key) Searches the specified array of chars for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort(char[]) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element greater than the key, or a.length if all elements in the array are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.public static int binarySearch(char[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
char key) Searches a range of the specified array of chars for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The range must be sorted (as by the sort(char[], int, int) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the range contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be searchedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element in the range greater than the key, or toIndex if all elements in the range are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static int binarySearch(byte[] a,
byte key) Searches the specified array of bytes for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort(byte[]) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element greater than the key, or a.length if all elements in the array are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.public static int binarySearch(byte[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
byte key) Searches a range of the specified array of bytes for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The range must be sorted (as by the sort(byte[], int, int) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the range contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be searchedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element in the range greater than the key, or toIndex if all elements in the range are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static int binarySearch(double[] a,
double key) Searches the specified array of doubles for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort(double[]) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found. This method considers all NaN values to be equivalent and equal.
a - the array to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element greater than the key, or a.length if all elements in the array are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.public static int binarySearch(double[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
double key) Searches a range of the specified array of doubles for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The range must be sorted (as by the sort(double[], int, int) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the range contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found. This method considers all NaN values to be equivalent and equal.
a - the array to be searchedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be searchedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element in the range greater than the key, or toIndex if all elements in the range are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static int binarySearch(float[] a,
float key) Searches the specified array of floats for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort(float[]) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found. This method considers all NaN values to be equivalent and equal.
a - the array to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element greater than the key, or a.length if all elements in the array are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.public static int binarySearch(float[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
float key) Searches a range of the specified array of floats for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The range must be sorted (as by the sort(float[], int, int) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the range contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found. This method considers all NaN values to be equivalent and equal.
a - the array to be searchedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be searchedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element in the range greater than the key, or toIndex if all elements in the range are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static int binarySearch(Object[] a,
Object key) Searches the specified array for the specified object using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted into ascending order according to the natural ordering of its elements (as by the sort(Object[]) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. (If the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers), it cannot be sorted according to the natural ordering of its elements, hence results are undefined.) If the array contains multiple elements equal to the specified object, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element greater than the key, or a.length if all elements in the array are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.ClassCastException - if the search key is not comparable to the elements of the array.public static int binarySearch(Object[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
Object key) Searches a range of the specified array for the specified object using the binary search algorithm. The range must be sorted into ascending order according to the natural ordering of its elements (as by the sort(Object[], int, int) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. (If the range contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers), it cannot be sorted according to the natural ordering of its elements, hence results are undefined.) If the range contains multiple elements equal to the specified object, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
a - the array to be searchedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be searchedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be searchedkey - the value to be searched for(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element in the range greater than the key, or toIndex if all elements in the range are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.ClassCastException - if the search key is not comparable to the elements of the array within the specified range.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static <T> int binarySearch(T[] a,
T key,
Comparator<? super T> c) Searches the specified array for the specified object using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted into ascending order according to the specified comparator (as by the sort(T[], Comparator) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements equal to the specified object, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
T - the class of the objects in the arraya - the array to be searchedkey - the value to be searched forc - the comparator by which the array is ordered. A null value indicates that the elements' natural ordering should be used.(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element greater than the key, or a.length if all elements in the array are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable using the specified comparator, or the search key is not comparable to the elements of the array using this comparator.public static <T> int binarySearch(T[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
T key,
Comparator<? super T> c) Searches a range of the specified array for the specified object using the binary search algorithm. The range must be sorted into ascending order according to the specified comparator (as by the sort(T[], int, int, Comparator) method) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the range contains multiple elements equal to the specified object, there is no guarantee which one will be found.
T - the class of the objects in the arraya - the array to be searchedfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be searchedtoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be searchedkey - the value to be searched forc - the comparator by which the array is ordered. A null value indicates that the elements' natural ordering should be used.(-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first element in the range greater than the key, or toIndex if all elements in the range are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.ClassCastException - if the range contains elements that are not mutually comparable using the specified comparator, or the search key is not comparable to the elements in the range using this comparator.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static boolean equals(long[] a,
long[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of longs are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.
a - one array to be tested for equalitya2 - the other array to be tested for equalitytrue if the two arrays are equalpublic static boolean equals(int[] a,
int[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of ints are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.
a - one array to be tested for equalitya2 - the other array to be tested for equalitytrue if the two arrays are equalpublic static boolean equals(short[] a,
short[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of shorts are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.
a - one array to be tested for equalitya2 - the other array to be tested for equalitytrue if the two arrays are equalpublic static boolean equals(char[] a,
char[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of chars are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.
a - one array to be tested for equalitya2 - the other array to be tested for equalitytrue if the two arrays are equalpublic static boolean equals(byte[] a,
byte[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of bytes are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.
a - one array to be tested for equalitya2 - the other array to be tested for equalitytrue if the two arrays are equalpublic static boolean equals(boolean[] a,
boolean[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of booleans are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.
a - one array to be tested for equalitya2 - the other array to be tested for equalitytrue if the two arrays are equalpublic static boolean equals(double[] a,
double[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of doubles are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.
Two doubles d1 and d2 are considered equal if:
new Double(d1).equals(new Double(d2))(Unlike the
== operator, this method considers NaN equals to itself, and 0.0d unequal to -0.0d.)a - one array to be tested for equalitya2 - the other array to be tested for equalitytrue if the two arrays are equalDouble.equals(Object)public static boolean equals(float[] a,
float[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of floats are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.
Two floats f1 and f2 are considered equal if:
new Float(f1).equals(new Float(f2))(Unlike the
== operator, this method considers NaN equals to itself, and 0.0f unequal to -0.0f.)a - one array to be tested for equalitya2 - the other array to be tested for equalitytrue if the two arrays are equalFloat.equals(Object)public static boolean equals(Object[] a,
Object[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of Objects are equal to one another. The two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. Two objects e1 and e2 are considered equal if (e1==null ? e2==null : e1.equals(e2)). In other words, the two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.
a - one array to be tested for equalitya2 - the other array to be tested for equalitytrue if the two arrays are equalpublic static void fill(long[] a,
long val) Assigns the specified long value to each element of the specified array of longs.
a - the array to be filledval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arraypublic static void fill(long[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
long val) Assigns the specified long value to each element of the specified range of the specified array of longs. The range to be filled extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be filled is empty.)
a - the array to be filledfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be filled with the specified valuetoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be filled with the specified valueval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arrayIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void fill(int[] a,
int val) Assigns the specified int value to each element of the specified array of ints.
a - the array to be filledval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arraypublic static void fill(int[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
int val) Assigns the specified int value to each element of the specified range of the specified array of ints. The range to be filled extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be filled is empty.)
a - the array to be filledfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be filled with the specified valuetoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be filled with the specified valueval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arrayIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void fill(short[] a,
short val) Assigns the specified short value to each element of the specified array of shorts.
a - the array to be filledval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arraypublic static void fill(short[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
short val) Assigns the specified short value to each element of the specified range of the specified array of shorts. The range to be filled extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be filled is empty.)
a - the array to be filledfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be filled with the specified valuetoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be filled with the specified valueval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arrayIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void fill(char[] a,
char val) Assigns the specified char value to each element of the specified array of chars.
a - the array to be filledval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arraypublic static void fill(char[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
char val) Assigns the specified char value to each element of the specified range of the specified array of chars. The range to be filled extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be filled is empty.)
a - the array to be filledfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be filled with the specified valuetoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be filled with the specified valueval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arrayIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void fill(byte[] a,
byte val) Assigns the specified byte value to each element of the specified array of bytes.
a - the array to be filledval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arraypublic static void fill(byte[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
byte val) Assigns the specified byte value to each element of the specified range of the specified array of bytes. The range to be filled extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be filled is empty.)
a - the array to be filledfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be filled with the specified valuetoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be filled with the specified valueval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arrayIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void fill(boolean[] a,
boolean val) Assigns the specified boolean value to each element of the specified array of booleans.
a - the array to be filledval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arraypublic static void fill(boolean[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
boolean val) Assigns the specified boolean value to each element of the specified range of the specified array of booleans. The range to be filled extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be filled is empty.)
a - the array to be filledfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be filled with the specified valuetoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be filled with the specified valueval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arrayIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void fill(double[] a,
double val) Assigns the specified double value to each element of the specified array of doubles.
a - the array to be filledval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arraypublic static void fill(double[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
double val) Assigns the specified double value to each element of the specified range of the specified array of doubles. The range to be filled extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be filled is empty.)
a - the array to be filledfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be filled with the specified valuetoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be filled with the specified valueval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arrayIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void fill(float[] a,
float val) Assigns the specified float value to each element of the specified array of floats.
a - the array to be filledval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arraypublic static void fill(float[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
float val) Assigns the specified float value to each element of the specified range of the specified array of floats. The range to be filled extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be filled is empty.)
a - the array to be filledfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be filled with the specified valuetoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be filled with the specified valueval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arrayIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
public static void fill(Object[] a,
Object val) Assigns the specified Object reference to each element of the specified array of Objects.
a - the array to be filledval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arrayArrayStoreException - if the specified value is not of a runtime type that can be stored in the specified arraypublic static void fill(Object[] a,
int fromIndex,
int toIndex,
Object val) Assigns the specified Object reference to each element of the specified range of the specified array of Objects. The range to be filled extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be filled is empty.)
a - the array to be filledfromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be filled with the specified valuetoIndex - the index of the last element (exclusive) to be filled with the specified valueval - the value to be stored in all elements of the arrayIllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length
ArrayStoreException - if the specified value is not of a runtime type that can be stored in the specified arraypublic static <T> T[] copyOf(T[] original,
int newLength) Copies the specified array, truncating or padding with nulls (if necessary) so the copy has the specified length. For all indices that are valid in both the original array and the copy, the two arrays will contain identical values. For any indices that are valid in the copy but not the original, the copy will contain null. Such indices will exist if and only if the specified length is greater than that of the original array. The resulting array is of exactly the same class as the original array.
T - the class of the objects in the arrayoriginal - the array to be copiednewLength - the length of the copy to be returnedNegativeArraySizeException - if newLength is negativeNullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static <T,U> T[] copyOf(U[] original,
int newLength,
Class<? extends T[]> newType) Copies the specified array, truncating or padding with nulls (if necessary) so the copy has the specified length. For all indices that are valid in both the original array and the copy, the two arrays will contain identical values. For any indices that are valid in the copy but not the original, the copy will contain null. Such indices will exist if and only if the specified length is greater than that of the original array. The resulting array is of the class newType.
U - the class of the objects in the original arrayT - the class of the objects in the returned arrayoriginal - the array to be copiednewLength - the length of the copy to be returnednewType - the class of the copy to be returnedNegativeArraySizeException - if newLength is negativeNullPointerException - if original is nullArrayStoreException - if an element copied from original is not of a runtime type that can be stored in an array of class newType
public static byte[] copyOf(byte[] original,
int newLength) Copies the specified array, truncating or padding with zeros (if necessary) so the copy has the specified length. For all indices that are valid in both the original array and the copy, the two arrays will contain identical values. For any indices that are valid in the copy but not the original, the copy will contain (byte)0. Such indices will exist if and only if the specified length is greater than that of the original array.
original - the array to be copiednewLength - the length of the copy to be returnedNegativeArraySizeException - if newLength is negativeNullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static short[] copyOf(short[] original,
int newLength) Copies the specified array, truncating or padding with zeros (if necessary) so the copy has the specified length. For all indices that are valid in both the original array and the copy, the two arrays will contain identical values. For any indices that are valid in the copy but not the original, the copy will contain (short)0. Such indices will exist if and only if the specified length is greater than that of the original array.
original - the array to be copiednewLength - the length of the copy to be returnedNegativeArraySizeException - if newLength is negativeNullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static int[] copyOf(int[] original,
int newLength) Copies the specified array, truncating or padding with zeros (if necessary) so the copy has the specified length. For all indices that are valid in both the original array and the copy, the two arrays will contain identical values. For any indices that are valid in the copy but not the original, the copy will contain 0. Such indices will exist if and only if the specified length is greater than that of the original array.
original - the array to be copiednewLength - the length of the copy to be returnedNegativeArraySizeException - if newLength is negativeNullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static long[] copyOf(long[] original,
int newLength) Copies the specified array, truncating or padding with zeros (if necessary) so the copy has the specified length. For all indices that are valid in both the original array and the copy, the two arrays will contain identical values. For any indices that are valid in the copy but not the original, the copy will contain 0L. Such indices will exist if and only if the specified length is greater than that of the original array.
original - the array to be copiednewLength - the length of the copy to be returnedNegativeArraySizeException - if newLength is negativeNullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static char[] copyOf(char[] original,
int newLength) Copies the specified array, truncating or padding with null characters (if necessary) so the copy has the specified length. For all indices that are valid in both the original array and the copy, the two arrays will contain identical values. For any indices that are valid in the copy but not the original, the copy will contain '\\u000'. Such indices will exist if and only if the specified length is greater than that of the original array.
original - the array to be copiednewLength - the length of the copy to be returnedNegativeArraySizeException - if newLength is negativeNullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static float[] copyOf(float[] original,
int newLength) Copies the specified array, truncating or padding with zeros (if necessary) so the copy has the specified length. For all indices that are valid in both the original array and the copy, the two arrays will contain identical values. For any indices that are valid in the copy but not the original, the copy will contain 0f. Such indices will exist if and only if the specified length is greater than that of the original array.
original - the array to be copiednewLength - the length of the copy to be returnedNegativeArraySizeException - if newLength is negativeNullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static double[] copyOf(double[] original,
int newLength) Copies the specified array, truncating or padding with zeros (if necessary) so the copy has the specified length. For all indices that are valid in both the original array and the copy, the two arrays will contain identical values. For any indices that are valid in the copy but not the original, the copy will contain 0d. Such indices will exist if and only if the specified length is greater than that of the original array.
original - the array to be copiednewLength - the length of the copy to be returnedNegativeArraySizeException - if newLength is negativeNullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static boolean[] copyOf(boolean[] original,
int newLength) Copies the specified array, truncating or padding with false (if necessary) so the copy has the specified length. For all indices that are valid in both the original array and the copy, the two arrays will contain identical values. For any indices that are valid in the copy but not the original, the copy will contain false. Such indices will exist if and only if the specified length is greater than that of the original array.
original - the array to be copiednewLength - the length of the copy to be returnedNegativeArraySizeException - if newLength is negativeNullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static <T> T[] copyOfRange(T[] original,
int from,
int to) Copies the specified range of the specified array into a new array. The initial index of the range (from) must lie between zero and original.length, inclusive. The value at original[from] is placed into the initial element of the copy (unless from == original.length or from == to). Values from subsequent elements in the original array are placed into subsequent elements in the copy. The final index of the range (to), which must be greater than or equal to from, may be greater than original.length, in which case null is placed in all elements of the copy whose index is greater than or equal to original.length - from. The length of the returned array will be to - from.
The resulting array is of exactly the same class as the original array.
T - the class of the objects in the arrayoriginal - the array from which a range is to be copiedfrom - the initial index of the range to be copied, inclusiveto - the final index of the range to be copied, exclusive. (This index may lie outside the array.)ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if from < 0 or from > original.length
IllegalArgumentException - if from > to
NullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static <T,U> T[] copyOfRange(U[] original,
int from,
int to,
Class<? extends T[]> newType) Copies the specified range of the specified array into a new array. The initial index of the range (from) must lie between zero and original.length, inclusive. The value at original[from] is placed into the initial element of the copy (unless from == original.length or from == to). Values from subsequent elements in the original array are placed into subsequent elements in the copy. The final index of the range (to), which must be greater than or equal to from, may be greater than original.length, in which case null is placed in all elements of the copy whose index is greater than or equal to original.length - from. The length of the returned array will be to - from. The resulting array is of the class newType.
U - the class of the objects in the original arrayT - the class of the objects in the returned arrayoriginal - the array from which a range is to be copiedfrom - the initial index of the range to be copied, inclusiveto - the final index of the range to be copied, exclusive. (This index may lie outside the array.)newType - the class of the copy to be returnedArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if from < 0 or from > original.length
IllegalArgumentException - if from > to
NullPointerException - if original is nullArrayStoreException - if an element copied from original is not of a runtime type that can be stored in an array of class newType.public static byte[] copyOfRange(byte[] original,
int from,
int to) Copies the specified range of the specified array into a new array. The initial index of the range (from) must lie between zero and original.length, inclusive. The value at original[from] is placed into the initial element of the copy (unless from == original.length or from == to). Values from subsequent elements in the original array are placed into subsequent elements in the copy. The final index of the range (to), which must be greater than or equal to from, may be greater than original.length, in which case (byte)0 is placed in all elements of the copy whose index is greater than or equal to original.length - from. The length of the returned array will be to - from.
original - the array from which a range is to be copiedfrom - the initial index of the range to be copied, inclusiveto - the final index of the range to be copied, exclusive. (This index may lie outside the array.)ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if from < 0 or from > original.length
IllegalArgumentException - if from > to
NullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static short[] copyOfRange(short[] original,
int from,
int to) Copies the specified range of the specified array into a new array. The initial index of the range (from) must lie between zero and original.length, inclusive. The value at original[from] is placed into the initial element of the copy (unless from == original.length or from == to). Values from subsequent elements in the original array are placed into subsequent elements in the copy. The final index of the range (to), which must be greater than or equal to from, may be greater than original.length, in which case (short)0 is placed in all elements of the copy whose index is greater than or equal to original.length - from. The length of the returned array will be to - from.
original - the array from which a range is to be copiedfrom - the initial index of the range to be copied, inclusiveto - the final index of the range to be copied, exclusive. (This index may lie outside the array.)ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if from < 0 or from > original.length
IllegalArgumentException - if from > to
NullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static int[] copyOfRange(int[] original,
int from,
int to) Copies the specified range of the specified array into a new array. The initial index of the range (from) must lie between zero and original.length, inclusive. The value at original[from] is placed into the initial element of the copy (unless from == original.length or from == to). Values from subsequent elements in the original array are placed into subsequent elements in the copy. The final index of the range (to), which must be greater than or equal to from, may be greater than original.length, in which case 0 is placed in all elements of the copy whose index is greater than or equal to original.length - from. The length of the returned array will be to - from.
original - the array from which a range is to be copiedfrom - the initial index of the range to be copied, inclusiveto - the final index of the range to be copied, exclusive. (This index may lie outside the array.)ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if from < 0 or from > original.length
IllegalArgumentException - if from > to
NullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static long[] copyOfRange(long[] original,
int from,
int to) Copies the specified range of the specified array into a new array. The initial index of the range (from) must lie between zero and original.length, inclusive. The value at original[from] is placed into the initial element of the copy (unless from == original.length or from == to). Values from subsequent elements in the original array are placed into subsequent elements in the copy. The final index of the range (to), which must be greater than or equal to from, may be greater than original.length, in which case 0L is placed in all elements of the copy whose index is greater than or equal to original.length - from. The length of the returned array will be to - from.
original - the array from which a range is to be copiedfrom - the initial index of the range to be copied, inclusiveto - the final index of the range to be copied, exclusive. (This index may lie outside the array.)ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if from < 0 or from > original.length
IllegalArgumentException - if from > to
NullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static char[] copyOfRange(char[] original,
int from,
int to) Copies the specified range of the specified array into a new array. The initial index of the range (from) must lie between zero and original.length, inclusive. The value at original[from] is placed into the initial element of the copy (unless from == original.length or from == to). Values from subsequent elements in the original array are placed into subsequent elements in the copy. The final index of the range (to), which must be greater than or equal to from, may be greater than original.length, in which case '\\u000' is placed in all elements of the copy whose index is greater than or equal to original.length - from. The length of the returned array will be to - from.
original - the array from which a range is to be copiedfrom - the initial index of the range to be copied, inclusiveto - the final index of the range to be copied, exclusive. (This index may lie outside the array.)ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if from < 0 or from > original.length
IllegalArgumentException - if from > to
NullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static float[] copyOfRange(float[] original,
int from,
int to) Copies the specified range of the specified array into a new array. The initial index of the range (from) must lie between zero and original.length, inclusive. The value at original[from] is placed into the initial element of the copy (unless from == original.length or from == to). Values from subsequent elements in the original array are placed into subsequent elements in the copy. The final index of the range (to), which must be greater than or equal to from, may be greater than original.length, in which case 0f is placed in all elements of the copy whose index is greater than or equal to original.length - from. The length of the returned array will be to - from.
original - the array from which a range is to be copiedfrom - the initial index of the range to be copied, inclusiveto - the final index of the range to be copied, exclusive. (This index may lie outside the array.)ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if from < 0 or from > original.length
IllegalArgumentException - if from > to
NullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static double[] copyOfRange(double[] original,
int from,
int to) Copies the specified range of the specified array into a new array. The initial index of the range (from) must lie between zero and original.length, inclusive. The value at original[from] is placed into the initial element of the copy (unless from == original.length or from == to). Values from subsequent elements in the original array are placed into subsequent elements in the copy. The final index of the range (to), which must be greater than or equal to from, may be greater than original.length, in which case 0d is placed in all elements of the copy whose index is greater than or equal to original.length - from. The length of the returned array will be to - from.
original - the array from which a range is to be copiedfrom - the initial index of the range to be copied, inclusiveto - the final index of the range to be copied, exclusive. (This index may lie outside the array.)ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if from < 0 or from > original.length
IllegalArgumentException - if from > to
NullPointerException - if original is nullpublic static boolean[] copyOfRange(boolean[] original,
int from,
int to) Copies the specified range of the specified array into a new array. The initial index of the range (from) must lie between zero and original.length, inclusive. The value at original[from] is placed into the initial element of the copy (unless from == original.length or from == to). Values from subsequent elements in the original array are placed into subsequent elements in the copy. The final index of the range (to), which must be greater than or equal to from, may be greater than original.length, in which case false is placed in all elements of the copy whose index is greater than or equal to original.length - from. The length of the returned array will be to - from.
original - the array from which a range is to be copiedfrom - the initial index of the range to be copied, inclusiveto - the final index of the range to be copied, exclusive. (This index may lie outside the array.)ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if from < 0 or from > original.length
IllegalArgumentException - if from > to
NullPointerException - if original is null@SafeVarargs public static <T> List<T> asList(T... a)
Returns a fixed-size list backed by the specified array. (Changes to the returned list "write through" to the array.) This method acts as bridge between array-based and collection-based APIs, in combination with Collection.toArray(). The returned list is serializable and implements RandomAccess.
This method also provides a convenient way to create a fixed-size list initialized to contain several elements:
List<String> stooges = Arrays.asList("Larry", "Moe", "Curly");
T - the class of the objects in the arraya - the array by which the list will be backedpublic static int hashCode(long[] a)
Returns a hash code based on the contents of the specified array. For any two long arrays a and b such that Arrays.equals(a, b), it is also the case that Arrays.hashCode(a) == Arrays.hashCode(b).
The value returned by this method is the same value that would be obtained by invoking the hashCodeList containing a sequence of Long instances representing the elements of a in the same order. If a is null, this method returns 0.
a - the array whose hash value to computea
public static int hashCode(int[] a)
Returns a hash code based on the contents of the specified array. For any two non-null int arrays a and b such that Arrays.equals(a, b), it is also the case that Arrays.hashCode(a) == Arrays.hashCode(b).
The value returned by this method is the same value that would be obtained by invoking the hashCodeList containing a sequence of Integer instances representing the elements of a in the same order. If a is null, this method returns 0.
a - the array whose hash value to computea
public static int hashCode(short[] a)
Returns a hash code based on the contents of the specified array. For any two short arrays a and b such that Arrays.equals(a, b), it is also the case that Arrays.hashCode(a) == Arrays.hashCode(b).
The value returned by this method is the same value that would be obtained by invoking the hashCodeList containing a sequence of Short instances representing the elements of a in the same order. If a is null, this method returns 0.
a - the array whose hash value to computea
public static int hashCode(char[] a)
Returns a hash code based on the contents of the specified array. For any two char arrays a and b such that Arrays.equals(a, b), it is also the case that Arrays.hashCode(a) == Arrays.hashCode(b).
The value returned by this method is the same value that would be obtained by invoking the hashCodeList containing a sequence of Character instances representing the elements of a in the same order. If a is null, this method returns 0.
a - the array whose hash value to computea
public static int hashCode(byte[] a)
Returns a hash code based on the contents of the specified array. For any two byte arrays a and b such that Arrays.equals(a, b), it is also the case that Arrays.hashCode(a) == Arrays.hashCode(b).
The value returned by this method is the same value that would be obtained by invoking the hashCodeList containing a sequence of Byte instances representing the elements of a in the same order. If a is null, this method returns 0.
a - the array whose hash value to computea
public static int hashCode(boolean[] a)
Returns a hash code based on the contents of the specified array. For any two boolean arrays a and b such that Arrays.equals(a, b), it is also the case that Arrays.hashCode(a) == Arrays.hashCode(b).
The value returned by this method is the same value that would be obtained by invoking the hashCodeList containing a sequence of Boolean instances representing the elements of a in the same order. If a is null, this method returns 0.
a - the array whose hash value to computea
public static int hashCode(float[] a)
Returns a hash code based on the contents of the specified array. For any two float arrays a and b such that Arrays.equals(a, b), it is also the case that Arrays.hashCode(a) == Arrays.hashCode(b).
The value returned by this method is the same value that would be obtained by invoking the hashCodeList containing a sequence of Float instances representing the elements of a in the same order. If a is null, this method returns 0.
a - the array whose hash value to computea
public static int hashCode(double[] a)
Returns a hash code based on the contents of the specified array. For any two double arrays a and b such that Arrays.equals(a, b), it is also the case that Arrays.hashCode(a) == Arrays.hashCode(b).
The value returned by this method is the same value that would be obtained by invoking the hashCodeList containing a sequence of Double instances representing the elements of a in the same order. If a is null, this method returns 0.
a - the array whose hash value to computea
public static int hashCode(Object[] a)
Returns a hash code based on the contents of the specified array. If the array contains other arrays as elements, the hash code is based on their identities rather than their contents. It is therefore acceptable to invoke this method on an array that contains itself as an element, either directly or indirectly through one or more levels of arrays.
For any two arrays a and b such that Arrays.equals(a, b), it is also the case that Arrays.hashCode(a) == Arrays.hashCode(b).
The value returned by this method is equal to the value that would be returned by Arrays.asList(a).hashCode(), unless a is null, in which case 0 is returned.
a - the array whose content-based hash code to computea
deepHashCode(Object[])public static int deepHashCode(Object[] a)
Returns a hash code based on the "deep contents" of the specified array. If the array contains other arrays as elements, the hash code is based on their contents and so on, ad infinitum. It is therefore unacceptable to invoke this method on an array that contains itself as an element, either directly or indirectly through one or more levels of arrays. The behavior of such an invocation is undefined.
For any two arrays a and b such that Arrays.deepEquals(a, b), it is also the case that Arrays.deepHashCode(a) == Arrays.deepHashCode(b).
The computation of the value returned by this method is similar to that of the value returned by List.hashCode() on a list containing the same elements as a in the same order, with one difference: If an element e of a is itself an array, its hash code is computed not by calling e.hashCode(), but as by calling the appropriate overloading of Arrays.hashCode(e) if e is an array of a primitive type, or as by calling Arrays.deepHashCode(e) recursively if e is an array of a reference type. If a is null, this method returns 0.
a - the array whose deep-content-based hash code to computea
hashCode(Object[])public static boolean deepEquals(Object[] a1,
Object[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays are deeply equal to one another. Unlike the equals(Object[],Object[]) method, this method is appropriate for use with nested arrays of arbitrary depth.
Two array references are considered deeply equal if both are null, or if they refer to arrays that contain the same number of elements and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are deeply equal.
Two possibly null elements e1 and e2 are deeply equal if any of the following conditions hold:
e1 and e2 are both arrays of object reference types, and Arrays.deepEquals(e1, e2) would return true e1 and e2 are arrays of the same primitive type, and the appropriate overloading of Arrays.equals(e1, e2) would return true. e1 == e2 e1.equals(e2) would return true. null elements at any depth. If either of the specified arrays contain themselves as elements either directly or indirectly through one or more levels of arrays, the behavior of this method is undefined.
a1 - one array to be tested for equalitya2 - the other array to be tested for equalitytrue if the two arrays are equalequals(Object[],Object[]), Objects.deepEquals(Object, Object)
public static String toString(long[] a)
Returns a string representation of the contents of the specified array. The string representation consists of a list of the array's elements, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (a comma followed by a space). Elements are converted to strings as by String.valueOf(long). Returns "null" if a is null.
a - the array whose string representation to returna
public static String toString(int[] a)
Returns a string representation of the contents of the specified array. The string representation consists of a list of the array's elements, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (a comma followed by a space). Elements are converted to strings as by String.valueOf(int). Returns "null" if a is null.
a - the array whose string representation to returna
public static String toString(short[] a)
Returns a string representation of the contents of the specified array. The string representation consists of a list of the array's elements, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (a comma followed by a space). Elements are converted to strings as by String.valueOf(short). Returns "null" if a is null.
a - the array whose string representation to returna
public static String toString(char[] a)
Returns a string representation of the contents of the specified array. The string representation consists of a list of the array's elements, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (a comma followed by a space). Elements are converted to strings as by String.valueOf(char). Returns "null" if a is null.
a - the array whose string representation to returna
public static String toString(byte[] a)
Returns a string representation of the contents of the specified array. The string representation consists of a list of the array's elements, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (a comma followed by a space). Elements are converted to strings as by String.valueOf(byte). Returns "null" if a is null.
a - the array whose string representation to returna
public static String toString(boolean[] a)
Returns a string representation of the contents of the specified array. The string representation consists of a list of the array's elements, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (a comma followed by a space). Elements are converted to strings as by String.valueOf(boolean). Returns "null" if a is null.
a - the array whose string representation to returna
public static String toString(float[] a)
Returns a string representation of the contents of the specified array. The string representation consists of a list of the array's elements, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (a comma followed by a space). Elements are converted to strings as by String.valueOf(float). Returns "null" if a is null.
a - the array whose string representation to returna
public static String toString(double[] a)
Returns a string representation of the contents of the specified array. The string representation consists of a list of the array's elements, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (a comma followed by a space). Elements are converted to strings as by String.valueOf(double). Returns "null" if a is null.
a - the array whose string representation to returna
public static String toString(Object[] a)
Returns a string representation of the contents of the specified array. If the array contains other arrays as elements, they are converted to strings by the Object.toString() method inherited from Object, which describes their identities rather than their contents.
The value returned by this method is equal to the value that would be returned by Arrays.asList(a).toString(), unless a is null, in which case "null" is returned.
a - the array whose string representation to returna
deepToString(Object[])public static String deepToString(Object[] a)
Returns a string representation of the "deep contents" of the specified array. If the array contains other arrays as elements, the string representation contains their contents and so on. This method is designed for converting multidimensional arrays to strings.
The string representation consists of a list of the array's elements, enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). Adjacent elements are separated by the characters ", " (a comma followed by a space). Elements are converted to strings as by String.valueOf(Object), unless they are themselves arrays.
If an element e is an array of a primitive type, it is converted to a string as by invoking the appropriate overloading of Arrays.toString(e). If an element e is an array of a reference type, it is converted to a string as by invoking this method recursively.
To avoid infinite recursion, if the specified array contains itself as an element, or contains an indirect reference to itself through one or more levels of arrays, the self-reference is converted to the string "[...]". For example, an array containing only a reference to itself would be rendered as "[[...]]".
This method returns "null" if the specified array is null.
a - the array whose string representation to returna
toString(Object[])public static <T> void setAll(T[] array,
IntFunction<? extends T> generator) Set all elements of the specified array, using the provided generator function to compute each element.
If the generator function throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller and the array is left in an indeterminate state.
T - type of elements of the arrayarray - array to be initializedgenerator - a function accepting an index and producing the desired value for that positionNullPointerException - if the generator is nullpublic static <T> void parallelSetAll(T[] array,
IntFunction<? extends T> generator) Set all elements of the specified array, in parallel, using the provided generator function to compute each element.
If the generator function throws an exception, an unchecked exception is thrown from parallelSetAll and the array is left in an indeterminate state.
T - type of elements of the arrayarray - array to be initializedgenerator - a function accepting an index and producing the desired value for that positionNullPointerException - if the generator is nullpublic static void setAll(int[] array,
IntUnaryOperator generator) Set all elements of the specified array, using the provided generator function to compute each element.
If the generator function throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller and the array is left in an indeterminate state.
array - array to be initializedgenerator - a function accepting an index and producing the desired value for that positionNullPointerException - if the generator is nullpublic static void parallelSetAll(int[] array,
IntUnaryOperator generator) Set all elements of the specified array, in parallel, using the provided generator function to compute each element.
If the generator function throws an exception, an unchecked exception is thrown from parallelSetAll and the array is left in an indeterminate state.
array - array to be initializedgenerator - a function accepting an index and producing the desired value for that positionNullPointerException - if the generator is nullpublic static void setAll(long[] array,
IntToLongFunction generator) Set all elements of the specified array, using the provided generator function to compute each element.
If the generator function throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller and the array is left in an indeterminate state.
array - array to be initializedgenerator - a function accepting an index and producing the desired value for that positionNullPointerException - if the generator is nullpublic static void parallelSetAll(long[] array,
IntToLongFunction generator) Set all elements of the specified array, in parallel, using the provided generator function to compute each element.
If the generator function throws an exception, an unchecked exception is thrown from parallelSetAll and the array is left in an indeterminate state.
array - array to be initializedgenerator - a function accepting an index and producing the desired value for that positionNullPointerException - if the generator is nullpublic static void setAll(double[] array,
IntToDoubleFunction generator) Set all elements of the specified array, using the provided generator function to compute each element.
If the generator function throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller and the array is left in an indeterminate state.
array - array to be initializedgenerator - a function accepting an index and producing the desired value for that positionNullPointerException - if the generator is nullpublic static void parallelSetAll(double[] array,
IntToDoubleFunction generator) Set all elements of the specified array, in parallel, using the provided generator function to compute each element.
If the generator function throws an exception, an unchecked exception is thrown from parallelSetAll and the array is left in an indeterminate state.
array - array to be initializedgenerator - a function accepting an index and producing the desired value for that positionNullPointerException - if the generator is nullpublic static <T> Spliterator<T> spliterator(T[] array)
Returns a Spliterator covering all of the specified array.
The spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED, Spliterator.SUBSIZED, Spliterator.ORDERED, and Spliterator.IMMUTABLE.
T - type of elementsarray - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usepublic static <T> Spliterator<T> spliterator(T[] array,
int startInclusive,
int endExclusive) Returns a Spliterator covering the specified range of the specified array.
The spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED, Spliterator.SUBSIZED, Spliterator.ORDERED, and Spliterator.IMMUTABLE.
T - type of elementsarray - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usestartInclusive - the first index to cover, inclusiveendExclusive - index immediately past the last index to coverArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if startInclusive is negative, endExclusive is less than startInclusive, or endExclusive is greater than the array sizepublic static Spliterator.OfInt spliterator(int[] array)
Returns a Spliterator.OfInt covering all of the specified array.
The spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED, Spliterator.SUBSIZED, Spliterator.ORDERED, and Spliterator.IMMUTABLE.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usepublic static Spliterator.OfInt spliterator(int[] array,
int startInclusive,
int endExclusive) Returns a Spliterator.OfInt covering the specified range of the specified array.
The spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED, Spliterator.SUBSIZED, Spliterator.ORDERED, and Spliterator.IMMUTABLE.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usestartInclusive - the first index to cover, inclusiveendExclusive - index immediately past the last index to coverArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if startInclusive is negative, endExclusive is less than startInclusive, or endExclusive is greater than the array sizepublic static Spliterator.OfLong spliterator(long[] array)
Returns a Spliterator.OfLong covering all of the specified array.
The spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED, Spliterator.SUBSIZED, Spliterator.ORDERED, and Spliterator.IMMUTABLE.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usepublic static Spliterator.OfLong spliterator(long[] array,
int startInclusive,
int endExclusive) Returns a Spliterator.OfLong covering the specified range of the specified array.
The spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED, Spliterator.SUBSIZED, Spliterator.ORDERED, and Spliterator.IMMUTABLE.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usestartInclusive - the first index to cover, inclusiveendExclusive - index immediately past the last index to coverArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if startInclusive is negative, endExclusive is less than startInclusive, or endExclusive is greater than the array sizepublic static Spliterator.OfDouble spliterator(double[] array)
Returns a Spliterator.OfDouble covering all of the specified array.
The spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED, Spliterator.SUBSIZED, Spliterator.ORDERED, and Spliterator.IMMUTABLE.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usepublic static Spliterator.OfDouble spliterator(double[] array,
int startInclusive,
int endExclusive) Returns a Spliterator.OfDouble covering the specified range of the specified array.
The spliterator reports Spliterator.SIZED, Spliterator.SUBSIZED, Spliterator.ORDERED, and Spliterator.IMMUTABLE.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usestartInclusive - the first index to cover, inclusiveendExclusive - index immediately past the last index to coverArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if startInclusive is negative, endExclusive is less than startInclusive, or endExclusive is greater than the array sizepublic static <T> Stream<T> stream(T[] array)
Returns a sequential Stream with the specified array as its source.
T - The type of the array elementsarray - The array, assumed to be unmodified during useStream for the arraypublic static <T> Stream<T> stream(T[] array,
int startInclusive,
int endExclusive) Returns a sequential Stream with the specified range of the specified array as its source.
T - the type of the array elementsarray - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usestartInclusive - the first index to cover, inclusiveendExclusive - index immediately past the last index to coverStream for the array rangeArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if startInclusive is negative, endExclusive is less than startInclusive, or endExclusive is greater than the array sizepublic static IntStream stream(int[] array)
Returns a sequential IntStream with the specified array as its source.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during useIntStream for the arraypublic static IntStream stream(int[] array,
int startInclusive,
int endExclusive) Returns a sequential IntStream with the specified range of the specified array as its source.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usestartInclusive - the first index to cover, inclusiveendExclusive - index immediately past the last index to coverIntStream for the array rangeArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if startInclusive is negative, endExclusive is less than startInclusive, or endExclusive is greater than the array sizepublic static LongStream stream(long[] array)
Returns a sequential LongStream with the specified array as its source.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during useLongStream for the arraypublic static LongStream stream(long[] array,
int startInclusive,
int endExclusive) Returns a sequential LongStream with the specified range of the specified array as its source.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usestartInclusive - the first index to cover, inclusiveendExclusive - index immediately past the last index to coverLongStream for the array rangeArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if startInclusive is negative, endExclusive is less than startInclusive, or endExclusive is greater than the array sizepublic static DoubleStream stream(double[] array)
Returns a sequential DoubleStream with the specified array as its source.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during useDoubleStream for the arraypublic static DoubleStream stream(double[] array,
int startInclusive,
int endExclusive) Returns a sequential DoubleStream with the specified range of the specified array as its source.
array - the array, assumed to be unmodified during usestartInclusive - the first index to cover, inclusiveendExclusive - index immediately past the last index to coverDoubleStream for the array rangeArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if startInclusive is negative, endExclusive is less than startInclusive, or endExclusive is greater than the array size
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