Subj : Re: File Exporer like Sorting
To   : comp.programming,alt.comp.programming
From : Kerl Mitte 30
Date : Tue Oct 11 2005 11:41 am

Hi
In Java use an appropriate container-class, e.g. array, and use its sort
function.
Define a compare function for the different keys.
Chris

"Newb" <newb@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> What is the best type of algorithm/strategy
> to tackle a problem like this?
>
> I have data which is similiar to a files inside a
> directory
>
> 1) Name 2) Size 3) Time 4) Someother Property
>
> Some of these are strings & some ints.
>
> The list of data is maintained in the order in which
> I recieve it. I want to always remember this order
> (i.e. get back this order if needed)
>
> But at different times, I want this data sorted by
> name or size or any of the other properties.
>
> What's the best way to accomplish this?
> What strategy is best suited for different sample
> sizes - i.e. if I expect to have 10 such elements
> on the average or 100 such elements or 1000?
>
> I am going to be programming this in Java.
> I am not interested in actual code - I am
> just interested in what are the various
> ways to achieve this.
>
>

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