Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2014 United States Government as represented by the * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. * All Rights Reserved. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. ******************************************************************************/ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Vector; public class Main { public static Object canonicalize(Object input) { if (input instanceof ArrayList) { Object[] foo = ((ArrayList) input).toArray(); canonicalize(foo); return foo; } else if (input instanceof Vector) { Object[] foo = ((Vector) input).toArray(); canonicalize(foo); return foo; } else if (input instanceof Map) { Map foo = canonicalize((Map) input); return foo; } return input; } private static void canonicalize(Object[] input) { for (int i = 0; i < input.length; ++i) input[i] = canonicalize(input[i]); } private static Map canonicalize(Map input) { Map retval = new HashMap(); for (Object key : input.keySet()) { retval.put(key, canonicalize(input.get(key))); } return retval; } }