I am thinking about something like this:
public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T minOf(T...ts){
SortedSet<T> set = new TreeSet<T>(Arrays.asList(ts));
return set.first();
}
public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T maxOf(T...ts){
SortedSet<T> set = new TreeSet<T>(Arrays.asList(ts));
return set.last();
}
But is not null safe, which is something I want too.
Do you know a better way to solve this problem?
EDIT:
After the comments I have also tried min():
public static <T extends Comparable<T>> T minOf(T...ts){
return Collections.min(Arrays.asList(ts), new Comparator<T>(){
public int compare(T o1, T o2) {
if(o1!=null && o2!=null){
return o1.compareTo(o2);
}else if(o1!=null){
return 1;
}else{
return -1;
}
}});
}
What do you think of that?
What's wrong with Collections.max?
And why do you care about null safety? Are you sure you want to allow nulls to be in your Collection?