Sorted 1.4 build: 9639 released: 2014-08-19 compiled with: Java 1.8.0_131

Sorts and Merges ArrayLists.

Java class library.
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products2.html#SORTED

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Notes:

You must install the Java JDK to use this program.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jgloss/jdk.html

You are pretty much on your own how to use this material.
This program requires a manual install! See below.

I put out an avalanche of free software into the world, and submit PAD
files to hundreds of distribution sites, but I rarely hear back from
anyone. What's happening? Does it all just work fine? It is so
complicated nobody can figure out how to use it and they give up on it?
It is it useful? Since everyone has the source, do people just fix the
programs to their liking themselves? Did you have trouble installing? Do
I presume you know too much? I would be happy to hear from you about your
experiences, positive or negative and your requests for improvements. A
one-line email to roedy@mindprod.com would be great.

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in free/commercial open source/proprietary programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labelled non-military use only.
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
All Java jars and source code are included. If you need the class files or Javadoc, you will have to build them yourself. To streamline the zip downloads, class files and Javadoc have been removed.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS that supports Java,
(e.g.W2K/XP/W2003/Vista/W2008/W7-32/W7-64/W8-32/W8-64/Linux/LinuxARM/LinuxX86
/LinuxX64/Ubuntu/Solaris/SolarisSPARC/SolarisSPARC64/SolarisX86/SolarisX64/OSX/AIX...)
so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.8 <><> or later installed (32-bit or 64-bit Java).
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled jar files to run on your own machine as a part of your own program.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with WinZip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ -- ticking off the <span class="click">use folder names</span> option.

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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled jar files to run on your own machine as a part of your own program.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.
I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test my Java programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.

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Rebuilding:

You are pretty much on your own how to use this material.

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Use:

This is a pair of library classes to include in your own code for
manipulating ArrayLists. This package is only use to a Java programmer.
It does nothing on its own.
It consist of two classes: SortedArrayList and Merge. SortedArrayList is
an ArrayList that remembers how it is sorted, so that if you ask it to
sort, it can sometimes bypass the work when it is already in order. You
declare the order you want and it keeps the list sorted, You just call
sort whenever you need the list to be in perfect order. It may or may not
actually sort the list at that time. It automatically avoids physically
sorting when it does not really have to.
Merge lets you merge/prune two SortedArrayLists in any of 32 different
ways, e.g. union, intersection, update... It also lets you dedup and
prune individual SortedArrayLists. They are used extensively as part the
replicatorsender package. Having an look at that code may give you a more
realistic view of what they can do.
To use them, have a look at the source code and the sample drivers. They
don't do anything useful standalone. You must incorporate them into your
own code.
Why the spectrum icon? It represent the colours of light sorted in order
by wavelength.

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Version History:

1.0 2003-10-03 initial version

1.1 2003-10-05

1.2 2003-10-06

1.3 2007-07-28 IntelliJ inspector lint, prepaze ANT script,
icon and pad to prepare for distribution. Make serialisable.

1.4 2014-08-19 JDK 1.8.0_20 redirects Collections.sort to List.sort. This lead
to an infinite loop. This version avoids Collections.sort and
avoids confusion in List.sort and SortedArrayList.sort methods.

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