Here you can find the source of shuffle(final T[] array)
public static <T> T[] shuffle(final T[] array)
//package com.java2s; /**// ww w . j a v a 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.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom; public class Main { /** Shuffle the elements in the given array. */ public static <T> T[] shuffle(final T[] array) { if (array != null && array.length > 0) { for (int n = array.length; n > 1;) { final int randomIndex = ThreadLocalRandom.current() .nextInt(n); n--; if (n != randomIndex) { final T tmp = array[randomIndex]; array[randomIndex] = array[n]; array[n] = tmp; } } } return array; } }