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1. What do < and > mean such as implements Comparable?    stackoverflow.com

In Java 1.4.2, class java.math.BigInteger implements interfaces Comparable, Serializable. In Java 1.5.0, class java.math.BigInteger implements interfaces Serializable, Comparable<BigInteger>. This is just an example to help me ask about < ...

2. Java Generics and Infinity (Comparable)    stackoverflow.com

With the type Integer you can do this:

int lowest = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
What can I do if I use generics?
K lowest = <...>;
I need this in order to implement something similar to a ...

3. Casting to a Comparable, then Comparing    stackoverflow.com

I'm really trying to like generics, but so far the trouble they've caused outweighs any benefits. Please, please show me I'm wrong. I understand the necessity of adding @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") when using ...

4. Fun with Java generics    stackoverflow.com

Anybody knows how to write the piece of code below using generics AND avoiding compiler warnings ? (@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") is considered cheating). And, maybe, checking via generics that the type of "left" is ...

5. Generic XML sorting via XSLT applied by Java?    stackoverflow.com

Basically, I want an exact copy of the XML, except I'd like to sort certain nodes by their ID attribute. Not all elements with the ID attribute should be sorted. ...

6. Need help in passing Java Generics to Collections.sort()    stackoverflow.com

I need help in passing a Java Generics List to Collections.sort(). Here is my code:

List<MyObject> orgMyObjectList = new ArrayList<MyObject>();
Collections.sort(orgMyObjectList, new Comparable<MyObject>() {

        public int ...

7. Sorting List    stackoverflow.com

Which is the quickest way in Java to sort a list

List<MyObject> myObjectList
based on some numerical property of MyObject?

8. In generic method doSth(List l), check whether T implements Comparable?    stackoverflow.com

The title basically says it all: if I have a java method that is generic in T, can I find out anything about T? In particular, can I check whether ...

9. Java Generics: compareTo and "capture#1-of ?"    stackoverflow.com

The following gives me an error message:

public static List<Comparable<?>> merge(Set<List<Comparable<?>>> lists) {
 List<Comparable<?>> result = new LinkedList<Comparable<?>>();
 HashBiMap<List<Comparable<?>>, Integer> location = HashBiMap.create();

 int totalSize;
 for (List<Comparable<?>> l : lists) {
  ...

10. Java: Simple issue with Interfaces and Generics    stackoverflow.com

I made an interface to work with JGraphT. My intended use is like Comparable, in that implementing Comparable allows objects to be used with certain data structures. Simiarly, I have a ...

11. Why isn't Collections.binarySearch() working with this comparable?    stackoverflow.com

I have this Player class which implements the Comparable interface. Then I have an ArrayList of Players. I'm trying to use binarySearch() on the list of Players to find one Player, ...

12. Generics and sorting in Java    stackoverflow.com

Suppose you write a static function in Java to sort an array, much like Arrays.sort(). The problem with Arrays.sort() is that it receives an array of Object, and throws a ClassCastException ...

13. java interface extends comparable    stackoverflow.com

I want to have an interface A parameterised by T A<T>, and also want every class that implements it to also implement Comparable (with T and its subtypes). It would seem ...

14. Java generic Comparable where subclasses can't compare to eachother    stackoverflow.com

public abstract class MyAbs implements Comparable<MyAbs>
This would work but then I would be able to compare class A and B with each other if they both extend MyAbs. What I ...

15. how can I implement Comparable more than once?    stackoverflow.com

I'm upgrading some code to Java 5 and am clearly not understanding something with Generics. I have other classes which implement Comparable once, which I've been able to implement. But now ...

16. How to determine if a List is sorted in Java?    stackoverflow.com

I would like a method that takes a List<T> where T implements Comparable and returns true or false depending on whether the list is sorted or not. What is the best way ...

17. Ensure that objects implement Comparable    stackoverflow.com

I have a litte problem and was wondering how to solve it. I have a generic class Tuple<A,B> and now I would like to sort their tuples according to A and ...

18. Java - Implementing sorting algorithms the 'right' way    stackoverflow.com

I'm currently playing with implementing various sorting algorithms in Java, mostly for fun, but I'm struggling with how to do it 'right'. That is, I want the user to be able ...

19. Using generics to create max function that returns the larger one    stackoverflow.com

In Java, how would I use generics to create a max function that takes as parameters two Comparable objects of the same type and returns the larger one? I tried:

public static <T ...

20. Java generic captures and comparable    stackoverflow.com

This is an implementation of a container that can be compared to any other container with a compatible key. I have a weird error using generics in Java, any ideas?

  ...

21. Using generics in Comparable    stackoverflow.com

I am trying to implement generics in Java using Comparable<T> interface.

public static <T> T[] sort(T[] a) {
    //need to compare 2 elements of a
}
Let's say, I want to ...

22. Data Structures (Weiss Java book): Why allocate Comparable[] in BinaryHeap array instead of T[]?    stackoverflow.com

I'm taking a data structures course, and we're using Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in Java 2nd Edition by Mark Weiss. In his BinaryHeap implementation, his constructor creates a Comparable[] array ...

23. Warning: A generic array of Object&Serializable&Comparable is created for a varargs parameter    stackoverflow.com

If I call a (generic) varargs method with objects of different classes, I get an interesting warning:

List<?> result =  Arrays.asList("1", 1);
A generic array of Object&Serializable&Comparable is created for ...

24. Generic Sort- comparision problem    stackoverflow.com

public class GenericSort<G extends Comparable> {
     private G[] integerarray;
     public GenericSort(G[] inputarray){
      this.integerarray = inputarray;
    ...

25. Java "unchecked call to compareTo(T) as a member of the raw type java.lang.Comparable"    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to implement a sorted list as a simple excercise in Java. To make it generic I have an "add(Comparable obj)" so I can use it with any class that ...

26. Create a compareTo to a Generic Class that Implements Comparable    stackoverflow.com

I have a Generic Class with two type variables, which implements java.lang.Comparable.

public class DoubleKey<K,J> implements Comparable<DoubleKey<K,J>>{

    private K key1;
    private J key2;

    ...

27. Java generics: How to cast to (T extends Comparable) without raw-types    stackoverflow.com

I wonder whether it is possible to cast a non-Comparable to something so that it matches the method parameter T which has template type <T extends Comparable<? super T>>, like the ...

28. Class magic - sorting objects by type automatically    stackoverflow.com

I want to create a kind of in-memory database into which I can put objects of any type that extends EntityProxy. I want to index every object according to its ...

29. Java generic arguments    stackoverflow.com

Going back over my basic ADT stuff here to revise for an interview, and trying to kill two birds with one stone by learning Java while I am. Attempting to write ...

30. How to make objects comparable    stackoverflow.com

I have class, that contains different types and implements Iterable<Object> interface. But it is very important to me, that I can compare elements. I am aware, that I can not write ...

31. Refactoring generic compareTo method    stackoverflow.com

What am I doing:

I have a container class named Os, that can contains different type elements and also instances of class Os. When I compare this class, I want to see ...

32. Comparable and generics    stackoverflow.com

When this class is created..

public static class TreeNode<E extends Comparable<E>>
what does the <E extends Comparable<E>> mean?

33. Comparing an Array of Comparables in Java    stackoverflow.com

I want to compare an array of comparables. The simplest way seems the following (details not shown):

public class ArrayComparable implements Comparable<ArrayComparable>{
ArrayList<Comparable<?>> list = new ArrayList<Comparable<?>>();

@Override
public int compareTo(ArrayComparable ac) {
   ...

34. Generic Mergesort Works on Integers but doesn't finish with strings?    stackoverflow.com

For whatever reason, despite the fact that it's entirely generic and works with integers whenever it's tested with strings it seems to skip the last iteration of merging. I've scoured my ...

35. java generics - The method compareTo(capture#1-of ?) in the type Comparable is not applicable for the arguments    stackoverflow.com

So I want to do this:

public interface IFieldObject {
    public Comparable get();
}

public interface IFieldCondition {
    public boolean apply(IFieldObject field, Comparable compare);
}

public class EqualTo implements IFieldCondition ...

36. public class PriorityQueue >    stackoverflow.com

I am having some difficulty in being able to come up with an answer to the following question. I was able to know that it uses Generics and known that it ...

37. How to implement a generic `max(Comparable a, Comparable b)` function in Java?    stackoverflow.com

I'm trying to write a generic max function that takes two Comparables. So far I have

public static <T extends Comparable<?>> T max(T a, T b) {
    if (a ...

38. cast Object to Comparable in java    stackoverflow.com

Here we have generic method:

public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T[] function(T[] a)
{
    Object[] m = new Object[2];

    /* some work here */

    ...

39. Problem with >    stackoverflow.com

I have a three class: 1.class Algorithm having max() finding maximum value in a Collection:

public class Algorithm {

    public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T max(Collection<? extends T> coll) ...

40. Java: unchecked call to compareTo(T)    stackoverflow.com

 1  class test {
 2      public static int compare0(Comparable x, Comparable y) {
 3          return ...

41. Difference between ">" and ">>"?    stackoverflow.com

In the expression <T extends Comparable<T>> in a signature like

public static <T extends Comparable<T>> foo(T x) { ... }
the description of T depends recursively on Comparable<T>. If T extends Comparable<T>, and Comparable<T> ...

42. Generics - Legal alternative for (elements instanceof List)    stackoverflow.com

I have this method which unique parameter (List elements) sets elements to a ListModel, but I need to make a validation to see if the generic type implements comparable and since ...

43. How to implement an interface with an enum, where the interface extends Comparable?    stackoverflow.com

Consider this code:

public interface Foo extends Comparable<Foo> { ... }

public enum FooImpl implements Foo { ... }
Due to the restrictions of type erasure, I receive the following error:
java.lang.Comparable cannot be inherited ...

44. Sorting in a generic class    stackoverflow.com

I am creating a generic class that has a method that is supposed to sort through an array collection that may either be a Book or it may be a CD. ...

45. Java Generics, Inconvertible type, typecasting, heap d-ary    stackoverflow.com

This is my remove method for d-ary heaps. I'm getting a lot of 'inconvertible type' error when i compile. Also note that my program extends Comparable.

public class HeapImpl12<T extends Comparable<? super ...

46. How to use compareTo within a Generic array in java?    stackoverflow.com

I am trying to figure out how to compare two items within a T[] array, here is what I have:

public static <T extends Comparable< ? super T>> T getLargest(T [] a, ...

47. T extends Comparable    stackoverflow.com

I have the following class.

class MyClass<T>
It uses the following constructor.
MyClass(Comparator<T> comparator, Collection<? extends T> data)
And it has a field which is set in the constructor like so:
this.data = Collections.unmodifiableCollection(data);
In the special ...

48. I want limit type T that is a class which implements the Comparable interface in a generic class    stackoverflow.com

I defined a generic class A<T> in Java, but I want to limit the type T such that it is a class which implements the Comparable<T> interface. What should i do? ...

49. static >    stackoverflow.com

I have following class with one static method:

public class Helper {

    public static <T extends Number & Comparable<? super Number>> Boolean inRange(T value, T minRange, T maxRange) {
 ...

50. Comparables and Wilcard Generics    stackoverflow.com

Suppose I have the following class (for demonstration purposes)

package flourish.lang.data;
public class Toyset implements Comparable<Toyset> {
    private Comparable<?>[] trains;

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Toyset ...

51. Generic java class that stores comparables    stackoverflow.com

I have a generic java class that stores comparables:

public class MyGenericStorage<T extends Comparable<T>> {
    private T value;

    public MyGenericStorage(T value) {
     ...

52. Generics and String.compareTo()    coderanch.com

In Tiger, String implements Comparable . This means that instead of compareTo(Object), String has a compareTo(String) method. I've observed that older code along the lines of Object o = ... String s = ... int result = s.compareTo(o); won't actually compile under Tiger, and indeed, if you disassemble Tiger's java/lang/String.class, you find that the class file really doesn't contain the compareTo(Object) ...

53. Comparable and Generics    coderanch.com

Hi, Gytis! Good question. After reading your question, I downloaded JDK 1.5.0 to try out your example and generics for the first time. By peeking a bit at chapter 9 of Gilid Bracha's excellent Generics tutorial, I found this to be the "correct" way to get rid of the unchecked warning: public enum Operation { MORE { public

54. Collections.sort and generics    coderanch.com

55. Generics, arrays, and sorting    coderanch.com

Hello, colleagues. I am a tenderfoot here on the ranch and have a couple of problems that have been vexing me. One is a generics-arrays-sorting problem. In the following class, I generate an ArrayList of arrays of integer indices for chopping up a search string. To run it, compile the following code and enter a string to search and a list ...

56. writing generic sort method    coderanch.com

I'm trying to write a static sort class (for practice, I know that there is one already) that takes any ArrayList of comparable objects and sorts it. I've written a generic binary search tree before, but can't seem to get this started. class MySort { public static void sort (ArrayList> list) { qsort(list, 0, list.size() - 1); } ...

57. Comparable and generics    coderanch.com

You sparked my interest in what the differences would really be, so I wrote a test app to play around with the concept. Anywhere the file doesn't compile, we can see the limitations of each type of passing in a comparator import java.util.Comparator; public class FunComparator { public static class LessThanWidgetComparator implements Comparator { public int compare(LessThanWidget o1, LessThanWidget o2) { ...

58. how to use generics with comparable    coderanch.com

59. Sorting things.... **a generic meltdown**    coderanch.com

Preface: I have the book Big Java by Horstmann. I also am using HF Java ed2. This is part of a project for school..... The Big Java text has a section about "sorting real data." It said to sort data I can implement the Comparable interface. Their example is as follows: public class Coin implements Comparable { public int compareTo(Object otherObject) ...

60. Generics and Comparable    coderanch.com

I'm not quite "getting" generic usage yet. I have a custom container class and I'd like to pull out the smallest element from the list. Seems pretty straightforward, but I've been working on it for hours now. Here's my best try so far: public class MyArrayList extends MyListADT { // lots of stuff public static > ...

61. Sort method and Generics    coderanch.com

Sort method in the Collections class looks like this: public static > void sort(List list) I understood the significance of which means the list which implements the comparable interface could be passed as an argument to the sort method. Consider the below example class Animal{} class Dog extends Animal implements Comparable{} Now i could ...

62. Generics and method compareTo giving me a warning    coderanch.com

Hello there i'm very new to learning about Generics. There is an exercise in Java How to Program by Paul and Harvey Deitel where i'm supposed to rewrite a method used in an earlier example but as a generic method. I've done it and it works fine but i keep getting this warning... Note: GenericSelectionSort.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations. Note: ...

63. What is wrong with my generic implementation of sort method ?    coderanch.com

Hi For Input: [abc, abb, aaa, bbc] Collections.sort give: [aaa, abb, abc, bbc] I tried to implement something similar to it like this public static void doBubbleShort(List dataList) { for (int i = 0; i < dataList.size(); i++) { boolean oneSwap = false; for (int j = i; j < (dataList.size() - 1); j++) { if (((Comparable) (T) dataList.get(j)).compareTo((T) dataList.get(j ...

64. Using generics and the Comparable interface to implement a node    coderanch.com

Hello everyone. It's been a while since I've been to the forums, but I have a problem I just can't figure out. I'm trying to implement a node for a tree-based data structure (just a binary search tree to start with), and I want this node to have a key that is comparable. I would also like the node to be ...

65. comparable interface, generic types    java-forums.org

That's a warning, not an error, and you don't need to change your code for your code to work. To get rid of the warning, you can likely use an annotation (but I'm not sure which one). Otherwise, if you want to use generic typing to give your code compile-time type checking, then check out the tutorials on this at the ...

66. Sort a Generic List.    forums.oracle.com

67. compareTo() and generics    forums.oracle.com

I'm trying to do a merge sort on double link list, but the list is generic. I'm having trouble finding a way that works for this. compareTo() gives me an error that compareTo() is undefined for type T. how can i get around this, or can i not use compareTo with a generic type T?

69. The type Comparable is not generic; it cannot be parameterized    forums.oracle.com

These two statements make me wonder if you understand that Eclipse uses it's own compiler, not the Sun SDK, and that the JRE used to run Eclipse in, the JRE used to launch your projects in, and the version of the compiler, are all separately configurable, sometimes with unusual results. It's possible to set it up so that, for example, it's ...

70. How can I make the Comparable interface generic?    forums.oracle.com

A set of Comparators could be a solution too, but I don't see any added value in implementing these in my case. What I am trying to achieve is to create sets of ranges to which assignment values are attached. Then, if a parameter falls within a range, the corresponding assignment value is returned. The "compare" issue is to sort those ...

71. Implementing Comparable with Generics    forums.oracle.com

72. Generic sort method    forums.oracle.com

73. Problem with Collection.sort() and generics    forums.oracle.com

74. Collections.sort with Generics    forums.oracle.com

Hi, I was trying to call collections.sort for a List and I got a warning in eclipse. My code was something like this. List list = new ArrayList(); /* some code for poluating the list */ Collections.sort(list); On the above line I got the following warning in eclipse: Type safety: Unchecked invocation sort (List) of the generic method sort(List) of Type ...

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