Java List Sort sortList(Collection list)

Description

a small utility function for sorting a list

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
list	a parameter
T	a parameter

Declaration

public static <T extends Comparable> List<T> sortList(Collection<T> list) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from   w  w w  .  j a  va  2  s.c  om*/
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 * Copyright (c) 2013 The Broad Institute
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import java.util.*;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * a small utility function for sorting a list
     *
     * @param list
     * @param <T>
     * @return
     */
    public static <T extends Comparable> List<T> sortList(Collection<T> list) {
        ArrayList<T> ret = new ArrayList<T>();
        ret.addAll(list);
        Collections.sort(ret);
        return ret;
    }
}

Related

1. sortIds(List ids)
2. sortIfUnsorted(List genomes)
3. sortInputQueryKeys(List l)
4. sortItems(List items, String putOnTop)
5. sortList(ArrayList list)
6. sortList(java.util.List types)
7. sortList(List list)
8. sortList(List items)
9. sortList(List list, boolean asc)