gov.sandia.cognition.util
Class ArrayIndexSorter

java.lang.Object
  gov.sandia.cognition.util.ArrayIndexSorter

@CodeReviews(reviews={@CodeReview(reviewer="Kevin R. Dixon",date="2008-10-02",changesNeeded=false,comments="Looks fine."),@CodeReview(reviewer="Kevin R. Dixon",date="2006-07-18",changesNeeded=false,comments={"Added a couple comments.","Otherwise, looks fine."})})
public class ArrayIndexSorter
extends Object

Returns the indices of the array sorted in ascending or descending order

Since:

1.0

Author:

Kevin R. Dixon

Constructor Summary

ArrayIndexSorter()

Method Summary

static int[]	sortArrayAscending(double[] valuesToSort) Returns the indices of the array sorted in ascending order
static int[]	sortArrayDescending(double[] valuesToSort) Returns the indices of the array sorted in ascending order.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ArrayIndexSorter

public ArrayIndexSorter()

Method Detail

sortArrayAscending

public static int[] sortArrayAscending(double[] valuesToSort)

Returns the indices of the array sorted in ascending order

Parameters:

valuesToSort - values that should be sorted in ascending order, via a call to Arrays.sort(), does not change values of "valuesToSort"

Returns:

indices of the ascending-ordered valuesToSort, so that index[0] is the smallest value, and index[index.length-1] is the biggest

sortArrayDescending

public static int[] sortArrayDescending(double[] valuesToSort)

Returns the indices of the array sorted in ascending order. This is accomplished by a call to sortArrayAscending and then swapping the result. As such, this will always be the slower of the two calls.

Parameters:

valuesToSort - values that should be sorted in descending order

Returns:

indices of the descending-ordered valuesToSort, so that index[0] is the biggest value, and index[index.length-1] is the smallest