Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2016 Timo Vesalainen <timo.vesalainen@iki.fi> * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.List; import java.util.function.Predicate; public class Main { /** * Splits list into several sub-lists according to predicate. * @param <T> * @param list * @param predicate * @return */ public static final <T> List<List<T>> split(List<T> list, Predicate<T> predicate) { if (list.isEmpty()) { return Collections.EMPTY_LIST; } List<List<T>> lists = new ArrayList<>(); boolean b = predicate.test(list.get(0)); int len = list.size(); int start = 0; for (int ii = 1; ii < len; ii++) { boolean t = predicate.test(list.get(ii)); if (b != t) { lists.add(list.subList(start, ii)); start = ii; b = t; } } lists.add(list.subList(start, len)); return lists; } }