Java List Compare compare(List a, List b)

Description

compare

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static int compare(List<String> a, List<String> b) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

import java.util.List;

public class Main {

    public static int compare(List<String> a, List<String> b) {
        if (a.size() == 0 || b.size() == 0) {
            return 0;
        }/*  www  .  j  ava  2  s .  c  o  m*/

        if (a.size() <= b.size()) {
            for (String x : a) {
                boolean z = false;
                for (String y : b) {
                    if (x.equals(y)) {
                        z = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                if (!z)
                    return 0;
            }
            return -1;
        } else {
            for (String x : b) {
                boolean z = false;
                for (String y : a) {
                    if (x.equals(y)) {
                        z = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                if (!z)
                    return 0;
            }
            return 1;
        }
    }
}

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