jarnbjo
his answer
Comparator<Number>
Number
Double.MAX_VALUE
allows us to "see"
new BigDecimal("" + Double.MAX_VALUE).multiply(BigDecimal.TEN)
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Byte
Short
Integer
Long
Float
Double
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BigInteger
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BigDecimal
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{Double, Float}.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
{Double, Float}.POSITIVE_INFINITY
BigDecimal.doubleValue
Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY
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null
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Comparable
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
class NumberComparator implements Comparator<Number> {
// Special values that are treated as larger than any other.
private final static List<?> special =
Arrays.asList(Double.NaN, Float.NaN, null);
private final static List<?> largest =
Arrays.asList(Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
private final static List<?> smallest =
Arrays.asList(Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY);
public int compare(Number n1, Number n2) {
// Handle special cases (including null)
if (special.contains(n1)) return 1;
if (special.contains(n2)) return -1;
if (largest.contains(n1) || smallest.contains(n2)) return 1;
if (largest.contains(n2) || smallest.contains(n1)) return -1;
// Promote known values (Byte, Integer, Long, Float, Double and
// BigInteger) to BigDecimal, as this is the most generic known type.
BigDecimal bd1 = asBigDecimal(n1);
BigDecimal bd2 = asBigDecimal(n2);
if (bd1 != null && bd2 != null)
return bd1.compareTo(bd2);
// Handle arbitrary Number-comparisons if o1 and o2 are of same class
// and implements Comparable.
if (n1 instanceof Comparable<?> && n2 instanceof Comparable<?>)
try {
return ((Comparable) n1).compareTo((Comparable) n2);
} catch (ClassCastException cce) {
}
// If the longValue()s differ between the two numbers, trust these.
int longCmp = ((Long) n1.longValue()).compareTo(n2.longValue());
if (longCmp != 0)
return longCmp;
// Pray to god that the doubleValue()s differ between the two numbers.
int doubleCmp = ((Double) n1.doubleValue()).compareTo(n2.doubleValue());
if (doubleCmp != 0)
return longCmp;
// Die a painful death...
throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
"Cannot compare " + n1 + " with " + n2);
}
// Convert known Numbers to BigDecimal, and the argument n otherwise.
private BigDecimal asBigDecimal(Number n) {
if (n instanceof Byte) return new BigDecimal((Byte) n);
if (n instanceof Integer) return new BigDecimal((Integer) n);
if (n instanceof Short) return new BigDecimal((Short) n);
if (n instanceof Long) return new BigDecimal((Long) n);
if (n instanceof Float) return new BigDecimal((Float) n);
if (n instanceof Double) return new BigDecimal((Double) n);
if (n instanceof BigInteger) return new BigDecimal((BigInteger) n);
if (n instanceof BigDecimal) return (BigDecimal) n;
return null;
}
}
ideone.com demo
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<Number> li = new ArrayList<Number>();
// Add an Integer, a Double, a Float, a Short, a Byte and a Long.
li.add(20); li.add((short) 17);
li.add(12.2); li.add((byte) 100);
li.add(0.2f); li.add(19518926L);
li.add(Double.NaN); li.add(Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY);
li.add(Float.NaN); li.add(Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
// A custom Number
li.add(new BoolNumber(1));
li.add(new BoolNumber(0));
// Add two BigDecimal that are larger than Double.MAX_VALUE.
BigDecimal largeDec = new BigDecimal("" + Double.MAX_VALUE);
li.add(largeDec/*.multiply(BigDecimal.TEN)*/);
li.add(largeDec.multiply(BigDecimal.TEN).multiply(BigDecimal.TEN));
// Add two BigInteger that are larger than Double.MAX_VALUE.
BigInteger largeInt = largeDec.toBigInteger().add(BigInteger.ONE);
li.add(largeInt.multiply(BigInteger.TEN));
li.add(largeInt.multiply(BigInteger.TEN).multiply(BigInteger.TEN));
// ...and just for fun...
li.add(null);
Collections.shuffle(li);
Collections.sort(li, new NumberComparator());
for (Number num : li)
System.out.println(num);
}
static class BoolNumber extends Number {
boolean b;
public BoolNumber(int i) { b = i != 0; }
public double doubleValue() { return b ? 1d : 0d; }
public float floatValue() { return b ? 1f : 0f; }
public int intValue() { return b ? 1 : 0; }
public long longValue() { return b ? 1L : 0L; }
public String toString() { return b ? "1" : "0"; }
}
}
-Infinity
0
0.2
1
12.2
17
20
100
19518926
1.7976931348623157E+308
17976931348623157000000000...00000000010
1.797693134862315700E+310
179769313486231570000000000000...00000100
Infinity
NaN
null
NaN