Here you can find the source of versionCompare(int... args)
public static int versionCompare(int... args)
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w. j a v a2 s .com*/ * -----LICENSE START----- * JSHManager - A Java-based tool for managing one's ScoreHero account. * Copyright (C) 2008 Tim Mullin * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * -----LICENSE END----- */ public class Main { public static int versionCompare(int... args) { if (args.length < 2 || args.length % 2 != 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("args must have a positive, even number of elements"); int i = 0; String v1 = String.valueOf(args[i++]); for (; i < args.length / 2; i++) v1 += "." + args[i]; String v2 = String.valueOf(args[i++]); for (; i < args.length; i++) v2 += "." + args[i]; return versionCompare(v1, v2); } public static int versionCompare(String v1, String v2) { String[] parts1 = v1.split("\\."); String[] parts2 = v2.split("\\."); if (parts1.length != parts2.length) throw new IllegalArgumentException("v1 and v2 must have the same number of parts"); int[] i1 = new int[parts1.length]; int[] i2 = new int[parts2.length]; for (int i = 0; i < i1.length; i++) { try { i1[i] = Integer.parseInt(parts1[i]); } catch (NumberFormatException e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("v1 contained an invalid string", e); } try { i2[i] = Integer.parseInt(parts2[i]); } catch (NumberFormatException e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("v2 contained an invalid string", e); } if (i1[i] != i2[i]) return i1[i] < i2[i] ? -1 : 1; } return 0; } }