Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014 Red Hat, Inc. and others. * Distributed under license by Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. * This program is 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: * Xavier Coulon - Initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.LinkedList; import java.util.List; public class Main { /** * Compares the content of the two list, no matter how they are ordered * @param test the list containing items to check * @param control the list containing the expected values * @return {@code true} */ public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> boolean containsInAnyOrder(final List<T> test, final List<T> control) { if (test == null || control == null) { return false; } if (test.size() != control.size()) { return false; } final List<T> orderedControl = new LinkedList<T>(control); Collections.sort(orderedControl); final List<T> orderedTest = new LinkedList<T>(test); Collections.sort(orderedTest); final Iterator<T> testIterator = orderedTest.iterator(); for (Iterator<T> controlIterator = orderedControl.iterator(); controlIterator.hasNext();) { T controlItem = controlIterator.next(); T testItem = testIterator.next(); if (testItem == null || !testItem.equals(controlItem)) { return false; } } return true; } }