Here you can find the source of permute(Iterable
public static List<File> permute(Iterable<File> files, Random rand)
//package com.java2s; /**//w w w . ja va 2s . c o m * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.io.File; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.Random; public class Main { public static List<File> permute(Iterable<File> files, Random rand) { List<File> r = new ArrayList<>(); for (File file : files) { int i = rand.nextInt(r.size() + 1); if (i == r.size()) { r.add(file); } else { r.add(r.get(i)); r.set(i, file); } } return r; } }