Android String Permutation getRandomPermutation(StringBuilder sb)

Description

get Random Permutation

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static boolean getRandomPermutation(StringBuilder sb) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from  w  w w . ja  v a  2s. com*/
 * RxDroid - A Medication Reminder
 * Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Joseph Lehner <joseph.c.lehner@gmail.com>
 *
 *
 * RxDroid is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version. Additional terms apply (see LICENSE).
 *
 * RxDroid is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with RxDroid.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 *
 */

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static boolean getRandomPermutation(StringBuilder sb) {
        for (int i = 0; i != sb.length(); ++i) {
            if (!getNextPermutation(sb))
                return false;
        }

        return true;
    }

    public static boolean getNextPermutation(StringBuilder sb) {
        List<Character> list = asList(sb.toString().toCharArray());
        boolean ret = getNextPermutation(list);

        Object[] array = list.toArray();
        sb.delete(0, sb.length());
        sb.append(toCharArray(array));

        return ret;
    }

    /**
     * Get the next permutation.
     * <p>
     * This function's implementation is based on the implementation found in
     * the GNU ISO C++ library's implementation of <code>std::next_permutation()</code>.
     *
     */
    public static <E extends Comparable<E>> boolean getNextPermutation(
            List<E> list) {
        final int first = 0;
        final int last = list.size();

        if (first == last)
            return false;

        int i = first;
        ++i;

        if (i == last)
            return false;

        i = last;
        --i;

        for (;;) {
            int ii = i;
            --i;

            if (list.get(i).compareTo(list.get(ii)) < 0) {
                int j = last;
                while (!(list.get(i).compareTo(list.get(--j)) < 0))
                    ; // empty body

                swap(list, i, j);
                reverse(list, ii, last);

                return true;
            }
            if (i == first) {
                Collections.reverse(list);
                return false;
            }
        }
    }

    public static List<Integer> asList(int[] array) {
        List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>(array.length);

        for (int i = 0; i != array.length; ++i)
            list.add(array[i]);

        return list;
    }

    public static List<Character> asList(char[] array) {
        List<Character> list = new ArrayList<Character>(array.length);

        for (int i = 0; i != array.length; ++i)
            list.add(array[i]);

        return list;
    }

    public static char[] toCharArray(Object[] array) {
        final int s = array.length;
        final char[] ret = new char[s];
        for (int i = 0; i != s; ++i)
            ret[i] = (Character) array[i];
        return ret;
    }

    public static <E> void swap(List<E> list, int i, int j) {
        E tmp = list.get(i);
        list.set(i, list.get(j));
        list.set(j, tmp);
    }

    public static <E> void reverse(List<E> list, final int begin,
            final int end) {
        if (end <= begin)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("end <= begin");

        if (end - begin == 1)
            return;

        List<E> reversed = new ArrayList<E>(end - begin);

        for (int i = begin; i != end; ++i) {
            final int j = begin + (end - i - 1);
            reversed.add(list.get(j));
        }

        for (int i = 0; i != reversed.size(); ++i)
            list.set(begin + i, reversed.get(i));
    }
}

Related

1. getNextPermutation(StringBuilder sb)