public class TestComparator {
public static void main(String args[]) {
LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
list.add("wangzhengyi");
list.add("bululu");
// 创建一个逆序比较器
Comparator<String> r = Collections.reverseOrder();
public static <T> void sort(T[] a, Comparator<? super T> c) {
if (LegacyMergeSort.userRequested)
legacyMergeSort(a, c);
else
TimSort.sort(a, c);
}
static <T> void sort(T[] a, Comparator<? super T> c) {
sort(a, 0, a.length, c);
}
/** To be removed in a future release. */
private static <T> void legacyMergeSort(T[] a, Comparator<? super T> c) {
T[] aux = a.clone();
if (c==null)
mergeSort(aux, a, 0, a.length, 0);
else
mergeSort(aux, a, 0, a.length, 0, c);
}
继续跟下去好了:
private static void mergeSort(Object[] src,
Object[] dest,
int low, int high, int off,
Comparator c) {
int length = high - low;
// Insertion sort on smallest arrays
if (length < INSERTIONSORT_THRESHOLD) {
for (int i=low; i<high; i++)
for (int j=i; j>low && c.compare(dest[j-1], dest[j])>0; j--)
swap(dest, j, j-1);
return;
}
// Recursively sort halves of dest into src
int destLow = low;
int destHigh = high;
low += off;
high += off;
int mid = (low + high) >>> 1;
mergeSort(dest, src, low, mid, -off, c);
mergeSort(dest, src, mid, high, -off, c);
// If list is already sorted, just copy from src to dest. This is an
// optimization that results in faster sorts for nearly ordered lists.
if (c.compare(src[mid-1], src[mid]) <= 0) {
System.arraycopy(src, low, dest, destLow, length);
return;
}
// Merge sorted halves (now in src) into dest
for(int i = destLow, p = low, q = mid; i < destHigh; i++) {
if (q >= high || p < mid && c.compare(src[p], src[q]) <= 0)
dest = src[p++];
else
dest = src[q++];
}
}
把使用到比较器的代码挑选出来:
// If list is already sorted, just copy from src to dest. This is an
// optimization that results in faster sorts for nearly ordered lists.
if (c.compare(src[mid-1], src[mid]) <= 0) {
System.arraycopy(src, low, dest, destLow, length);
return;
}
这里的compare方法在Comparator接口中也有定义:
public interface Comparator<T> {
int compare(T o1, T o2);
}