Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2010 Neil Bartlett. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors: * Neil Bartlett - initial API and implementation *******************************************************************************/ import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Move the selected items up one position in the list. * * @param list * The list of items, which will be altered in-place. * @param selectionIndexes * The indexes of the items to be moved. * @return Whether any items have been moved. For example, would return false if the selected items were already at * the top of the list. */ public static <T> boolean moveUp(List<T> list, int[] selectionIndexes) { boolean moved = false; int size = list.size(); for (int i = size - 1; i >= 0; i--) { T item = list.get(i); if (arrayContains(selectionIndexes, i)) { // Find next unselected item int nextUnselected = -1; int j = i - 1; while (j >= 0) { if (!arrayContains(selectionIndexes, j)) { nextUnselected = j; break; } j--; } // Swap with it if (nextUnselected != -1) { list.set(i, list.get(nextUnselected)); list.set(nextUnselected, item); moved = true; } } } return moved; } private static boolean arrayContains(int[] array, int item) { for (int i : array) { if (i == item) return true; } return false; } }