2003-12-26 Guilhem Lavaux <guilhem@kaffe.org>
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1 /* ArrayHelper.java -- Helper methods for handling array operations
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39 package gnu.java.lang;
41 /**
42 * ArrayHelper helps you do things with arrays.
44 * @author John Keiser
46 public class ArrayHelper
48 /**
49 * Counterpart to java.util.Collection.contains.
51 * @param array the array to search
52 * @param searchFor the object to locate
53 * @return true if some array element <code>equals(searchFor)</code>
55 public static boolean contains(Object[] array, Object searchFor)
57 return indexOf(array, searchFor) != -1;
60 /**
61 * Counterpart to java.util.Collection.indexOf.
63 * @param array the array to search
64 * @param searchFor the object to locate
65 * @return the index of the first equal object, or -1
67 public static int indexOf(Object[] array, Object searchFor)
69 for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++)
71 if(array[i].equals(searchFor))
73 return i;
76 return -1;
79 /**
80 * Checks if two arrays are equal.
82 * @param array1 the first array
83 * @param array2 the second array
84 * @return true if both arrays are equal.
86 public static boolean equalsArray(Object[] array1, Object[] array2)
88 if (array1.length != array2.length)
89 return false;
91 for (int index = 0; index < array1.length; index++)
92 if (!array1 [index].equals (array2 [index]))
93 return false;
95 return true;