Java Collection Sort sortedIfPossible(Collection collection)

Description

sorted If Possible

License

Open Source License

Declaration

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> List<T> sortedIfPossible(Collection<T> collection) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> List<T> sortedIfPossible(Collection<T> collection) {
        List<T> result = new ArrayList<>(collection);
        try {//from  w ww  .j a  v a 2s . c o  m
            Collections.sort((List) result);
        } catch (ClassCastException e) {
            // unable to sort, just return the copy
        } catch (NullPointerException npe) {
            // this happens if there are null elements in the collection; just return the copy
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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