Java Collection Sort sortedByName(Collection unsorted, Comparator comparator, T... exclusions)

Description

sorted By Name

License

Apache License

Declaration

private static <T> List<T> sortedByName(Collection<T> unsorted, Comparator<T> comparator, T... exclusions) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    private static <T> List<T> sortedByName(Collection<T> unsorted, Comparator<T> comparator, T... exclusions) {
        if (unsorted == null) {
            return Collections.emptyList();
        }/*from  w  w  w  .  ja  va  2 s  .c o m*/

        List<T> retList = removeExclusionsFrom(unsorted, comparator, exclusions);
        Collections.sort(retList, comparator);

        return retList;
    }

    private static <T> List<T> removeExclusionsFrom(Collection<T> collectionOfT, Comparator<T> comparator,
            T... exclusions) {
        List<T> retList = new ArrayList<>();

        for (T t : collectionOfT) {
            boolean excluded = false;
            for (T excludedT : exclusions) {
                if (comparator.compare(t, excludedT) == 0) {
                    excluded = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
            if (!excluded) {
                retList.add(t);
            }
        }

        return retList;
    }
}

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