Sort two homogeneous collections and merge them, all according to the given comparator. - Java Data Structure

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Sort two homogeneous collections and merge them, all according to the given comparator.

Demo Code

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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

public class Main{
    /**
     * Sort two homogeneous collections and merge them, all according to the given comparator.
     * @param <T> Type of objects to merge
     * @param input1 First collection of objects to merge
     * @param input2 Second collection of objects to merge
     * @param comparator Comparator for sorting and merging objects
     * @param callback Callback to output merged objects
     */
    public static <T> void sortAndMerge(Collection<T> input1,
            Collection<T> input2, Comparator<T> comparator,
            Callback<T, T> callback) {
        // support null values for one or both of the collections
        List<T> list1 = input1 != null ? new ArrayList<T>(input1)
                : new ArrayList<T>();
        List<T> list2 = input2 != null ? new ArrayList<T>(input2)
                : new ArrayList<T>();

        Collections.sort(list1, comparator);
        Collections.sort(list2, comparator);

        merge(list1, list2, comparator, callback);
    }
    /**
     * Merge two homogeneous pre-sorted iterable inputs.
     * @param <T> Input type
     * @param left Left input
     * @param right Right input
     * @param comparator Comparator to compare inputs
     * @param callback Callback for each merge output
     */
    public static <T> void merge(Iterable<T> left, Iterable<T> right,
            final Comparator<T> comparator, Callback<T, T> callback) {
        merge(left, right, new Compare<T, T>() {
            @Override
            public int compare(T leftValue, T rightValue) {
                return comparator.compare(leftValue, rightValue);
            }
        }, callback);
    }
    /**
     * Merge two heterogenous pre-sorted iterable inputs.
     * @param <U> Left input type
     * @param <V> Right input type
     * @param left Left input
     * @param right Right input
     * @param comparator Comparator to compare inputs
     * @param callback Callback for each merge output
     */
    public static <U, V> void merge(Iterable<U> left, Iterable<V> right,
            Compare<U, V> comparator, Callback<U, V> callback) {
        Cursor<U> cursor1 = new IteratorCursor<U>(left.iterator());
        Cursor<V> cursor2 = new IteratorCursor<V>(right.iterator());

        while (cursor1.hasValue() && cursor2.hasValue()) {
            U value1 = cursor1.value();
            V value2 = cursor2.value();
            int n = comparator.compare(value1, value2);

            if (n == 0) {
                callback.output(value1, value2);
                cursor1.advance();
                cursor2.advance();
            } else if (n < 0) {
                callback.output(value1, null);
                cursor1.advance();
            } else {
                callback.output(null, value2);
                cursor2.advance();
            }
        }

        while (cursor1.hasValue()) {
            callback.output(cursor1.value(), null);
            cursor1.advance();
        }

        while (cursor2.hasValue()) {
            callback.output(null, cursor2.value());
            cursor2.advance();
        }
    }
}

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