Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2012-2014 David Karnok * * 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.Comparator; import java.util.List; import java.util.ListIterator; public class Main { /** * Finds the first index where the value is located or * the index where it could be inserted, similar to the regular * binarySearch() methods, but it works with duplicate elements. * @param <T> the element type * @param list the list to search * @param fromIndex the starting index, inclusive * @param toIndex the end index, exclusive * @param value the value to search * @param comparator the comparator * @return if positive, the exact index where the value is first * encountered, or -(insertion point - 1) if not in the array. */ public static <T> int findFirstIterator(List<? extends T> list, int fromIndex, int toIndex, T value, Comparator<? super T> comparator) { int a = fromIndex; int b = toIndex; ListIterator<? extends T> it = list.listIterator(); while (a <= b) { int mid = a + (b - a) / 2; T midVal = get(it, mid); int c = comparator.compare(midVal, value); if (c < 0) { a = mid + 1; } else if (c > 0) { b = mid - 1; } else { if (mid > 0) { if (comparator.compare(get(it, mid - 1), value) != 0) { return mid; } else { b = mid - 1; } } else { return 0; } } } return -(a + 1); } /** * Finds the first index where the value is located or * the index where it could be inserted, similar to the regular * binarySearch() methods, but it works with duplicate elements. * @param <T> the element type, self comparable * @param list the list to search * @param fromIndex the starting index, inclusive * @param toIndex the end index, exclusive * @param value the value to search * @return if positive, the exact index where the value is first * encountered, or -(insertion point - 1) if not in the array. */ private static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> int findFirstIterator(List<T> list, int fromIndex, int toIndex, T value) { int a = fromIndex; int b = toIndex; ListIterator<T> it = list.listIterator(); while (a <= b) { int mid = a + (b - a) / 2; T midVal = get(it, mid); int c = midVal.compareTo(value); if (c < 0) { a = mid + 1; } else if (c > 0) { b = mid - 1; } else { if (mid > 0) { if (get(it, mid - 1).compareTo(value) != 0) { return mid; } else { b = mid - 1; } } else { return 0; } } } return -(a + 1); } /** * Returns the indexth element from the list by using the list iterator to navigate. * @param <T> the element type * @param it the list iterator * @param index the target index * @return the value */ private static <T> T get(ListIterator<? extends T> it, int index) { T obj = null; int pos = it.nextIndex(); if (pos <= index) { do { obj = it.next(); } while (pos++ < index); } else { do { obj = it.previous(); } while (--pos > index); } return obj; } }