Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Vincent Vandenschrick. All rights reserved. * * This file is part of the Jspresso framework. * * Jspresso is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Jspresso 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with Jspresso. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Computes the array of element indices which where added to a collection. * * @param smallCollection * the original collection. * @param bigCollection * the collection with added elements. * @return the the array of element indices which where added to the original * collection */ public static int[] computeDifferenceIndices(Collection<?> smallCollection, Collection<?> bigCollection) { List<Integer> addedIndices = new ArrayList<>(); int index = 0; for (Iterator<?> ite = bigCollection.iterator(); ite.hasNext(); index++) { if (smallCollection == null || !smallCollection.contains(ite.next())) { if (smallCollection == null) { ite.next(); } addedIndices.add(index); } } int[] result = new int[addedIndices.size()]; for (int i = 0; i < addedIndices.size(); i++) { result[i] = addedIndices.get(i); } return result; } }