com.plumtree.openfoundation.util
Class XPArray

java.lang.Object
  com.plumtree.openfoundation.util.XPArray

public class XPArray

extends java.lang.Object

This class contains various methods for manipulating arrays (such as sorting and searching). This class also contains a static factory that allows arrays to be viewed as lists.

The methods in this class all throw a NullPointerException if the specified array reference is null.

The documentation for the methods contained in this class includes briefs description of the implementations. Such descriptions should be regarded as implementation notes, rather than parts of the specification. Implementors should feel free to substitute other algorithms, so long as the specification itself is adhered to. (For example, the algorithm used by sort(Object[]) does not have to be a mergesort, but it does have to be stable.)

Constructor Summary

XPArray()

Method Summary

static int	BinarySearch(byte[] a, byte key) Searches the specified array of bytes for the specified value using the binary search algorithm.
static int	BinarySearch(char[] a, char key) Searches the specified array of chars for the specified value using the binary search algorithm.
static int	BinarySearch(double[] a, double key) Searches the specified array of doubles for the specified value using the binary search algorithm.
static int	BinarySearch(float[] a, float key) Searches the specified array of floats for the specified value using the binary search algorithm.
static int	BinarySearch(int[] a, int key) Searches the specified array of ints for the specified value using the binary search algorithm.
static int	BinarySearch(java.lang.Object[] a, java.lang.Object key) Searches the specified array for the specified object using the binary search algorithm.
static int	BinarySearch(java.lang.Object[] a, java.lang.Object Key, IXPComparer comparer) Searches the specified array for the specified object using the binary search algorithm.
static int	BinarySearch(short[] a, short key) Searches the specified array of shorts for the specified value using the binary search algorithm.
static int	BinarySearch(java.lang.String[] a, java.lang.String key) Searches the specified array for the specified object using the binary search algorithm.
static void	Copy(java.lang.Object srcArray, int srcIndex, java.lang.Object destArray, int destIndex, int length) Copies an array from the specified source array, beginning at the specified position, to the specified position of the destination array.
static boolean	Equals(boolean[] a, boolean[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of equals are equal to one another.
static boolean	Equals(byte[] a, byte[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of bytes are equal to one another.
static boolean	Equals(char[] a, char[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of chars are equal to one another.
static boolean	Equals(double[] a, double[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of doubles are equal to one another.
static boolean	Equals(float[] a, float[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of floats are equal to one another.
static boolean	Equals(int[] a, int[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of ints are equal to one another.
static boolean	Equals(long[] a, long[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of longs are equal to one another.
static boolean	Equals(java.lang.Object[] a, java.lang.Object[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of Objects are equal to one another.
static boolean	Equals(short[] a, short[] a2) Returns true if the two specified arrays of shorts are equal to one another.
static void	Sort(byte[] a) Sorts the specified array of bytes into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(byte[] a, int fromIndex, int length) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of bytes into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(char[] a) Sorts the specified array of chars into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(char[] a, int fromIndex, int length) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of chars into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(double[] a) Sorts the specified array of doubles into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(double[] a, int fromIndex, int length) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of doubles into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(float[] a) Sorts the specified array of floats into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(float[] a, int fromIndex, int length) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of floats into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(int[] a) Sorts the specified array of ints into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(int[] a, int fromIndex, int length) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of ints into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(java.lang.Object[] a) Sorts the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements.
static void	Sort(java.lang.Object[] a, int fromIndex, int length) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements.
static void	Sort(short[] a) Sorts the specified array of shorts into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(short[] a, int fromIndex, int length) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of shorts into ascending numerical order.
static void	Sort(java.lang.String[] a) Sorts the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements.
static void	Sort(java.lang.String[] a, int fromIndex, int length) Sorts the specified range of the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XPArray

public XPArray()

Method Detail

BinarySearch

public static int BinarySearch(byte[] a,
                               byte key)

Searches the specified array of bytes for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort method, above) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.

Parameters:

a - the array to be searched.

key - the value to be searched for.

Returns:

index of the search key, if it is contained in the list; otherwise, (-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the list: the index of the first element greater than the key, or list.size(), if all elements in the list are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.

See Also:

#sort(byte[])

BinarySearch

public static int BinarySearch(char[] a,
                               char key)

Searches the specified array of chars for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort method, above) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.

Parameters:

a - the array to be searched.

key - the value to be searched for.

Returns:

index of the search key, if it is contained in the list; otherwise, (-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the list: the index of the first element greater than the key, or list.size(), if all elements in the list are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.

See Also:

#sort(char[])

BinarySearch

public static int BinarySearch(double[] a,
                               double key)

Searches the specified array of doubles for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort method, above) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found. This method considers all NaN values to be equivalent and equal.

Parameters:

a - the array to be searched.

key - the value to be searched for.

Returns:

index of the search key, if it is contained in the list; otherwise, (-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the list: the index of the first element greater than the key, or list.size(), if all elements in the list are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.

See Also:

#sort(double[])

BinarySearch

public static int BinarySearch(float[] a,
                               float key)

Searches the specified array of floats for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort method, above) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found. This method considers all NaN values to be equivalent and equal.

Parameters:

a - the array to be searched.

key - the value to be searched for.

Returns:

index of the search key, if it is contained in the list; otherwise, (-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the list: the index of the first element greater than the key, or list.size(), if all elements in the list are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.

See Also:

#sort(float[])

BinarySearch

public static int BinarySearch(int[] a,
                               int key)

Searches the specified array of ints for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort method, above) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.

Parameters:

a - the array to be searched.

key - the value to be searched for.

Returns:

index of the search key, if it is contained in the list; otherwise, (-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the list: the index of the first element greater than the key, or list.size(), if all elements in the list are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.

See Also:

#sort(int[])

BinarySearch

public static int BinarySearch(java.lang.String[] a,
                               java.lang.String key)

Searches the specified array for the specified object using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted into ascending order according to the natural ordering of its elements (as by Sort(Object[]), above) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. (If the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example,strings and integers), it cannot be sorted according to the natural order of its elements, hence results are undefined.) If the array contains multiple elements equal to the specified object, there is no guarantee which one will be found.

Parameters:

a - the array to be searched.

key - the value to be searched for.

Returns:

index of the search key, if it is contained in the list; otherwise, (-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the list: the index of the first element greater than the key, or list.size(), if all elements in the list are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the search key in not comparable to the elements of the array.

See Also:

Comparable, #sort(Object[])

BinarySearch

public static int BinarySearch(java.lang.Object[] a,
                               java.lang.Object key)

Searches the specified array for the specified object using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted into ascending order according to the natural ordering of its elements (as by Sort(Object[]), above) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. (If the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example,strings and integers), it cannot be sorted according to the natural order of its elements, hence results are undefined.) If the array contains multiple elements equal to the specified object, there is no guarantee which one will be found.

Parameters:

a - the array to be searched.

key - the value to be searched for.

Returns:

index of the search key, if it is contained in the list; otherwise, (-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the list: the index of the first element greater than the key, or list.size(), if all elements in the list are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the search key in not comparable to the elements of the array.

See Also:

Comparable, #sort(Object[])

BinarySearch

public static int BinarySearch(java.lang.Object[] a,
                               java.lang.Object Key,
                               IXPComparer comparer)

Searches the specified array for the specified object using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted into ascending order according to the specified comparator (as by the Sort(Object[], Comparator) method, above), prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements equal to the specified object, there is no guarantee which one will be found.

Parameters:

a - the array to be searched.

Key - the value to be searched for.

comparer - the comparator by which the array is ordered. A null value indicates that the elements' natural ordering should be used.

Returns:

index of the search key, if it is contained in the list; otherwise, (-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the list: the index of the first element greater than the key, or list.size(), if all elements in the list are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable using the specified comparator, or the search key in not mutually comparable with the elements of the array using this comparator.

See Also:

Comparable, #sort(Object[], Comparator)

BinarySearch

public static int BinarySearch(short[] a,
                               short key)

Searches the specified array of shorts for the specified value using the binary search algorithm. The array must be sorted (as by the sort method, above) prior to making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined. If the array contains multiple elements with the specified value, there is no guarantee which one will be found.

Parameters:

a - the array to be searched.

key - the value to be searched for.

Returns:

index of the search key, if it is contained in the list; otherwise, (-(insertion point) - 1). The insertion point is defined as the point at which the key would be inserted into the list: the index of the first element greater than the key, or list.size(), if all elements in the list are less than the specified key. Note that this guarantees that the return value will be >= 0 if and only if the key is found.

See Also:

#sort(short[])

Sort

public static void Sort(byte[] a)

Sorts the specified array of bytes into ascending numerical order. The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

Sort

public static void Sort(byte[] a,
                        int fromIndex,
                        int length)

Sorts the specified range of the specified array of bytes into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.)

The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

fromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sorted.

length - Number of Elements to be sorted.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length

Sort

public static void Sort(char[] a)

Sorts the specified array of chars into ascending numerical order. The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

Sort

public static void Sort(char[] a,
                        int fromIndex,
                        int length)

Sorts the specified range of the specified array of chars into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.)

The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

fromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sorted.

length - Number of Elements to be sorted.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length

Sort

public static void Sort(double[] a)

Sorts the specified array of doubles into ascending numerical order.

The < relation does not provide a total order on all floating-point values; although they are distinct numbers -0.0 == 0.0 is true and a NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any floating-point value, even itself. To allow the sort to proceed, instead of using the < relation to determine ascending numerical order, this method uses the total order imposed by Double.compareTo(java.lang.Double). This ordering differs from the < relation in that -0.0 is treated as less than 0.0 and NaN is considered greater than any other floating-point value. For the purposes of sorting, all NaN values are considered equivalent and equal.

The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

Sort

public static void Sort(double[] a,
                        int fromIndex,
                        int length)

Sorts the specified range of the specified array of doubles into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.)

The < relation does not provide a total order on all floating-point values; although they are distinct numbers -0.0 == 0.0 is true and a NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any floating-point value, even itself. To allow the sort to proceed, instead of using the < relation to determine ascending numerical order, this method uses the total order imposed by Double.compareTo(java.lang.Double). This ordering differs from the < relation in that -0.0 is treated as less than 0.0 and NaN is considered greater than any other floating-point value. For the purposes of sorting, all NaN values are considered equivalent and equal.

The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

fromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sorted.

length - Number of Elements to be sorted.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length

Sort

public static void Sort(float[] a)

Sorts the specified array of floats into ascending numerical order.

The < relation does not provide a total order on all floating-point values; although they are distinct numbers -0.0f == 0.0f is true and a NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any floating-point value, even itself. To allow the sort to proceed, instead of using the < relation to determine ascending numerical order, this method uses the total order imposed by Float.compareTo(java.lang.Float). This ordering differs from the < relation in that -0.0f is treated as less than 0.0f and NaN is considered greater than any other floating-point value. For the purposes of sorting, all NaN values are considered equivalent and equal.

The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

Sort

public static void Sort(float[] a,
                        int fromIndex,
                        int length)

Sorts the specified range of the specified array of floats into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.)

The < relation does not provide a total order on all floating-point values; although they are distinct numbers -0.0f == 0.0f is true and a NaN value compares neither less than, greater than, nor equal to any floating-point value, even itself. To allow the sort to proceed, instead of using the < relation to determine ascending numerical order, this method uses the total order imposed by Float.compareTo(java.lang.Float). This ordering differs from the < relation in that -0.0f is treated as less than 0.0f and NaN is considered greater than any other floating-point value. For the purposes of sorting, all NaN values are considered equivalent and equal.

The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

fromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sorted.

length - Number of Elements to be sorted.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length

Sort

public static void Sort(int[] a)

Sorts the specified array of ints into ascending numerical order. The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

Sort

public static void Sort(int[] a,
                        int fromIndex,
                        int length)

Sorts the specified range of the specified array of ints into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.)

The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

fromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sorted.

length - Number of Elements to be sorted.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length

Sort

public static void Sort(java.lang.String[] a)

Sorts the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements. All elements in the array must implement the Comparable interface. Furthermore, all elements in the array must be mutually comparable (that is, e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the array).

This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.

The sorting algorithm is a modified mergesort (in which the merge is omitted if the highest element in the low sublist is less than the lowest element in the high sublist). This algorithm offers guaranteed n*log(n) performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers).

See Also:

Comparable

Sort

public static void Sort(java.lang.String[] a,
                        int fromIndex,
                        int length)

Sorts the specified range of the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.) All elements in this range must implement the Comparable interface. Furthermore, all elements in this range must be mutually comparable (that is, e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the array).

This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.

The sorting algorithm is a modified mergesort (in which the merge is omitted if the highest element in the low sublist is less than the lowest element in the high sublist). This algorithm offers guaranteed n*log(n) performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

fromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sorted.

length - Number of Elements to be sorted.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers).

See Also:

Comparable

Sort

public static void Sort(java.lang.Object[] a)

Sorts the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements. All elements in the array must implement the Comparable interface. Furthermore, all elements in the array must be mutually comparable (that is, e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the array).

This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.

The sorting algorithm is a modified mergesort (in which the merge is omitted if the highest element in the low sublist is less than the lowest element in the high sublist). This algorithm offers guaranteed n*log(n) performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers).

See Also:

Comparable

Sort

public static void Sort(java.lang.Object[] a,
                        int fromIndex,
                        int length)

Sorts the specified range of the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its elements. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.) All elements in this range must implement the Comparable interface. Furthermore, all elements in this range must be mutually comparable (that is, e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a ClassCastException for any elements e1 and e2 in the array).

This sort is guaranteed to be stable: equal elements will not be reordered as a result of the sort.

The sorting algorithm is a modified mergesort (in which the merge is omitted if the highest element in the low sublist is less than the lowest element in the high sublist). This algorithm offers guaranteed n*log(n) performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

fromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sorted.

length - Number of Elements to be sorted.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length

java.lang.ClassCastException - if the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers).

See Also:

Comparable

Sort

public static void Sort(short[] a)

Sorts the specified array of shorts into ascending numerical order. The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

Sort

public static void Sort(short[] a,
                        int fromIndex,
                        int length)

Sorts the specified range of the specified array of shorts into ascending numerical order. The range to be sorted extends from index fromIndex, inclusive, to index toIndex, exclusive. (If fromIndex==toIndex, the range to be sorted is empty.)

The sorting algorithm is a tuned quicksort. This algorithm offers n*log(n) performance on many data sets that cause other quicksorts to degrade to quadratic performance.

Parameters:

a - the array to be sorted.

fromIndex - the index of the first element (inclusive) to be sorted.

length - Number of Elements to be sorted.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if fromIndex > toIndex

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - if fromIndex < 0 or toIndex > a.length

Copy

public static void Copy(java.lang.Object srcArray,
                        int srcIndex,
                        java.lang.Object destArray,
                        int destIndex,
                        int length)

Copies an array from the specified source array, beginning at the specified position, to the specified position of the destination array. A subsequence of array components are copied from the source array referenced by src to the destination array referenced by dest. The number of components copied is equal to the length argument. The components at positions srcPos through srcPos+length-1 in the source array are copied into positions destPos through destPos+length-1, respectively, of the destination array.

If the src and dest arguments refer to the same array object, then the copying is performed as if the components at positions srcPos through srcPos+length-1 were first copied to a temporary array with length components and then the contents of the temporary array were copied into positions destPos through destPos+length-1 of the destination array.

If dest is null, then a NullPointerException is thrown.

If src is null, then a NullPointerException is thrown and the destination array is not modified.

Otherwise, if any of the following is true, an ArrayStoreException is thrown and the destination is not modified:

• The src argument refers to an object that is not an array.
• The dest argument refers to an object that is not an array.
• The src argument and dest argument refer to arrays whose component types are different primitive types.
• The src argument refers to an array with a primitive component type and the dest argument refers to an array with a reference component type.
• The src argument refers to an array with a reference component type and the dest argument refers to an array with a primitive component type.

Otherwise, if any of the following is true, an IndexOutOfBoundsException is thrown and the destination is not modified:

• The srcPos argument is negative.
• The destPos argument is negative.
• The length argument is negative.
• srcPos+length is greater than src.length, the length of the source array.
• destPos+length is greater than dest.length, the length of the destination array.

Otherwise, if any actual component of the source array from position srcPos through srcPos+length-1 cannot be converted to the component type of the destination array by assignment conversion, an ArrayStoreException is thrown. In this case, let k be the smallest nonnegative integer less than length such that src[srcPos+k] cannot be converted to the component type of the destination array; when the exception is thrown, source array components from positions srcPos through srcPos+k-1 will already have been copied to destination array positions destPos through destPos+k-1 and no other positions of the destination array will have been modified. (Because of the restrictions already itemized, this paragraph effectively applies only to the situation where both arrays have component types that are reference types.)

Parameters:

srcArray - the source array.

srcIndex - starting position in the source array.

destArray - the destination array.

destIndex - starting position in the destination data.

length - the number of array elements to be copied.

Throws:

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if copying would cause access of data outside array bounds.

java.lang.ArrayStoreException - if an element in the src array could not be stored into the dest array because of a type mismatch.

java.lang.NullPointerException - if either src or dest is null.

Equals

public static boolean Equals(long[] a,
                             long[] a2)

Returns true if the two specified arrays of longs are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.

Parameters:

a - one array to be tested for equality.

a2 - the other array to be tested for equality.

Returns:

true if the two arrays are equal.

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public static boolean Equals(int[] a,
                             int[] a2)

Returns true if the two specified arrays of ints are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.

Parameters:

a - one array to be tested for equality.

a2 - the other array to be tested for equality.

Returns:

true if the two arrays are equal.

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public static boolean Equals(short[] a,
                             short[] a2)

Returns true if the two specified arrays of shorts are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.

Parameters:

a - one array to be tested for equality.

a2 - the other array to be tested for equality.

Returns:

true if the two arrays are equal.

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public static boolean Equals(char[] a,
                             char[] a2)

Returns true if the two specified arrays of chars are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.

Parameters:

a - one array to be tested for equality.

a2 - the other array to be tested for equality.

Returns:

true if the two arrays are equal.

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public static boolean Equals(byte[] a,
                             byte[] a2)

Returns true if the two specified arrays of bytes are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.

Parameters:

a - one array to be tested for equality.

a2 - the other array to be tested for equality.

Returns:

true if the two arrays are equal.

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public static boolean Equals(boolean[] a,
                             boolean[] a2)

Returns true if the two specified arrays of equals are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.

Parameters:

a - one array to be tested for equality.

a2 - the other array to be tested for equality.

Returns:

true if the two arrays are equal.

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public static boolean Equals(double[] a,
                             double[] a2)

Returns true if the two specified arrays of doubles are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.

Two doubles d1 and d2 are considered equal if:

    new Double(d1).equals(new Double(d2))

(Unlike the == operator, this method considers NaN equals to itself, and 0.0d unequal to -0.0d.)

Parameters:

a - one array to be tested for equality.

a2 - the other array to be tested for equality.

Returns:

true if the two arrays are equal.

See Also:

Double.equals(Object)

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public static boolean Equals(float[] a,
                             float[] a2)

Returns true if the two specified arrays of floats are equal to one another. Two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. In other words, two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.

Two floats f1 and f2 are considered equal if:

    new Float(f1).equals(new Float(f2))

(Unlike the == operator, this method considers NaN equals to itself, and 0.0f unequal to -0.0f.)

Parameters:

a - one array to be tested for equality.

a2 - the other array to be tested for equality.

Returns:

true if the two arrays are equal.

See Also:

Float.equals(Object)

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public static boolean Equals(java.lang.Object[] a,
                             java.lang.Object[] a2)

Returns true if the two specified arrays of Objects are equal to one another. The two arrays are considered equal if both arrays contain the same number of elements, and all corresponding pairs of elements in the two arrays are equal. Two objects e1 and e2 are considered equal if (e1==null ? e2==null : e1.equals(e2)). In other words, the two arrays are equal if they contain the same elements in the same order. Also, two array references are considered equal if both are null.

Parameters:

a - one array to be tested for equality.

a2 - the other array to be tested for equality.

Returns:

true if the two arrays are equal.