net.sf.octet.util
Class ArrayKit

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.octet.util.ArrayKit

public class ArrayKit

extends java.lang.Object

A collection of static utility methods for working with arrays.

Author:

Richard Apodaca

Method Summary

static boolean	containsDuplicates(java.lang.Object[] array) Returns true if array contains any duplicate elements, or false otherwise.
static int	countMatches(java.lang.Object[] array, java.lang.Object search) Counts the number of occurrances of search in array.
static int	countMatches(java.lang.Object[] array, java.lang.Object[] search) Returns the number of common Objects in array and search.
static int	indexOf(java.lang.Object[] array, java.lang.Object search) Performs a linear search for search within array, returning the index if found, or -1 otherwise.
static boolean	match(java.lang.Object[] array, java.lang.Object search) Returns true if search is contained within array, or false otherwise.
static boolean	matchAll(java.lang.Object[] array, java.lang.Object[] search) Returns true the elements of array and search are identical.
static boolean	matchInOrder(java.lang.Object[] array, java.lang.Object[] search) Returns true the elements and ordering of array and search are identical.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

countMatches

public static int countMatches(java.lang.Object[] array,
                               java.lang.Object[] search)

Returns the number of common Objects in array and search.

Parameters:

array - the array

search - the search

Returns:

the number of common Objects in array and search

countMatches

public static int countMatches(java.lang.Object[] array,
                               java.lang.Object search)

Counts the number of occurrances of search in array.

Parameters:

array - the array to check

search - the object to search for

Returns:

the number of occurrances of search in array

indexOf

public static int indexOf(java.lang.Object[] array,
                          java.lang.Object search)

Performs a linear search for search within array, returning the index if found, or -1 otherwise.

Parameters:

array - the array to search

search - the object to find

Returns:

the index, or -1 if not found

match

public static boolean match(java.lang.Object[] array,
                            java.lang.Object search)

Returns true if search is contained within array, or false otherwise.

Parameters:

array - the array to search

search - the object to find

Returns:

true if found, false otherwise

matchInOrder

public static boolean matchInOrder(java.lang.Object[] array,
                                   java.lang.Object[] search)

Returns true the elements and ordering of array and search are identical.

Parameters:

array - the array to be searched

search - the array containing the elements to search for

Returns:

true if both arrays contain the same elements in the same relative ordering, or false otherwise

matchAll

public static boolean matchAll(java.lang.Object[] array,
                               java.lang.Object[] search)

Returns true the elements of array and search are identical. The relative ordering may vary.

Parameters:

array - the array to be searched

search - the array containing the elements to search for

Returns:

true if both arrays contain the same elements in any relative ordering, or false otherwise

containsDuplicates

public static boolean containsDuplicates(java.lang.Object[] array)

Returns true if array contains any duplicate elements, or false otherwise.

Parameters:

array - the array to be searched

Returns:

true if array contains any duplicate elements, or false otherwise