Generic reverse method and its testing program.
public class GenericReverse {
public static void main( String [] args) {
String [] strings = {"apples","bananas", "oranges", "grapes",
"lemons"};
reverse(strings);
print(strings);
Car [] cars = {new Car("Dodge",4,80,"automatic"),
new Car("Honda",2, 100, "manual"),
new Car("Toyota",4,90,"automatic")};
reverse(cars);
print(cars);
}
public static void print(Object [] array) {
for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
System.out.println(array[i]);
}
}
public static void reverse(Object [] array) {
for (int i = 0; i < array.length/2; ++i) {
Object temp;
temp = array[i];
array[i] = array[array.length-1-i];
array[array.length-1-i] = temp;
}
}
}
A generic method for finding a minimum.
public class GenericMin {
public static void main( String [] args) {
String [] strings = {"bananas", "oranges", "grapes", "mango",
"lemons", "pineapples", "apples", "kiwi",
"watermelons", "tangerines"};
System.out.println(min(strings));
}
public static Comparable min(Comparable [] array) {
Comparable min = array[0];
for (int i = 1; i < array.length; ++i) {
if (min.compareTo(array[i]) > 0) {
min = array[i];
}
}
return min;
}
public static void print(Object [] array) {
for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
System.out.println(array[i]);
}
}
}
This is an example from CSci 2101 course.