Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Java Modular Image Synthesis Toolkit (JMIST) * Copyright (C) 2008-2013 Bradley W. Kimmel * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following * conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Finds the first index of a maximal element in a list. * @param list The <code>List</code> to search. * @return The first index of a maximal element in the list. */ public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> int indexOfMax(List<T> list) { T min = list.get(0); int index = 0; for (int i = 0, n = list.size(); i < n; i++) { T value = list.get(i); if (value.compareTo(min) > 0) { min = value; index = i; } } return index; } }