Java Collection Compare compare(Collection a, Collection b)

Description

compare

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static <T extends Comparable<T>> int compare(Collection<T> a, Collection<T> b) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.util.Collection;

import java.util.Iterator;

public class Main {
    public static <T extends Comparable<T>> int compare(Collection<T> a, Collection<T> b) {
        int d = a.size() - b.size();
        if (d != 0) {
            return d;
        }/*from   ww w.ja va2  s  . com*/

        Iterator<T> ai = a.iterator();
        Iterator<T> bi = b.iterator();
        while (ai.hasNext()) {
            d = ai.next().compareTo(bi.next());
            if (d != 0) {
                return d;
            }
        }

        return 0;
    }
}

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