Java Collection Element Get getHighest(final Collection elements, final Comparator c)

Description

Retrieve highest element contained in a collection.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
T	type of elements
elements	collection of elements from which highest is returned
c	Comparator to find highest

Return

highest element

Declaration

public static <T> T getHighest(final Collection<? extends T> elements, final Comparator<T> c) 

Method Source Code

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import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;

public class Main {
    public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T getHighest(final Collection<? extends T> elements) {

        return Collections.max(elements);
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve highest element contained in a collection.
     *
     * @param <T>
     *            type of elements
     * @param elements
     *            collection of elements from which highest is returned
     * @param c
     *            {@link Comparator} to find highest
     * @return highest element
     */
    public static <T> T getHighest(final Collection<? extends T> elements, final Comparator<T> c) {

        return Collections.max(elements, c);
    }
}

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2. getEntropy(Collection values)
3. getEnumNames( Collection values)
4. getFlatString(Collection elements)
5. getGivenClassObject(Collection coll, Class clazz)
6. getImplement(Class aClass, Collection> classCollection)
7. getIndex(Object collectionOrArray, int index)
8. getIndexedValue(Object collection, int index)