Java tutorial
/* * Copyright 2012 * * 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. */ package de.tudarmstadt.lt.utilities; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.List; /** * * @author Steffen Remus */ public class ListUtils { private ListUtils() { /* DO NOT INSTANTIATE */ } public static <T> int[] sortIdsByValue(final List<T> values, final Comparator<T> comparator) { Integer[] ids = new Integer[values.size()]; for (int id = 0; id < ids.length; ids[id] = id++) ; Arrays.sort(ids, new Comparator<Integer>() { @Override public int compare(Integer o1, Integer o2) { return comparator.compare(values.get(o1), values.get(o2)); } }); return org.apache.commons.lang.ArrayUtils.toPrimitive(ids); } public static <T> T getLastElement(final List<T> values) { return values.get(values.size() - 1); } }