Here you can find the source of swap(List
public static <T> void swap(List<T> items, int index1_, int index2_)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w ww . jav a 2 s .c om*/ Copyright other contributors as noted in the AUTHORS file. This file is part of 0MQ. 0MQ is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 0MQ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.List; public class Main { public static <T> void swap(List<T> items, int index1_, int index2_) { if (index1_ == index2_) return; T item1 = items.get(index1_); T item2 = items.get(index2_); if (item1 != null) items.set(index2_, item1); if (item2 != null) items.set(index1_, item2); } }