Table like java data structure

Question

I need to implement some kind table-like data structure that stores info like this in Java:

+--------+-------+-----+
|  sij   |   i   |  j  |
+--------+-----         


        

Answer 1

What do you mean with:

i have to be able to sort it by the sij parameter

What's wrong with:

Object [][] data

EDIT

Ok, just guessing that what you need is a "StrangeDataStructure" which holds the array, and helps you to sort by the first column, then the only thing that you need is something like this:

class Structure {
    Object [][] data;
    Object [] indexColumn; // the sij?
}

And that's it: you should add a sort method indicating the direction, and sort using the "indexColumn"

It is VEEERY simple I think ( and If I understood your "question" )

You know what? I'm going to implement it.

// time elapses...

Here it is:

import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class StrangeStructure {

    private Integer [][] data;
    private Integer [] sij; // what is sij anyway?

    public StrangeStructure( Integer [][] matrix  ) {
        data = matrix;
        sij = new Integer[ data.length ];
        for( int i = 0 ; i < data.length ; i++ ) {
            sij[i] = data[i][0];
        }
    }

    public void sort( Direction direction  ) {

        Comparator sijComparator  = new DataComparator( direction, true );
        Comparator dataComparator = new DataComparator( direction, false );

        Arrays.sort( sij, sijComparator );
        Arrays.sort( data, dataComparator  );

    }

    public static void main( String [] args ) {

        StrangeStructure s =  
            new StrangeStructure( new Integer[][]{
                                  { 45, 5, 7 }, 
                                  { 33, 1, 6 }, 
                                  { 31, 0, 9 }, 
                                  { 12, 8, 2 }    
                            });

        System.out.printf("Original:\n%s", s );       

        s.sort( Direction.MIN_TO_MAX );  
        System.out.printf("Min to max:\n%s", s );       

        s.sort( Direction.MAX_TO_MIN );  
        System.out.printf("Max to min\n%s", s );       

    }


    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
        for( Integer [] row : data ) {
            for( int i : row ) {
                b.append( i+",");
            }
            b.append("\n");
        }
        return b.toString();

    }

}
class DataComparator implements Comparator {

    private Direction direction;
    private boolean isSij;

    public DataComparator( Direction d, boolean isSij ) {
        this.direction = d;
        this.isSij = isSij;
    }

    public int compare( Object one , Object two  ) {
        if( isSij ){
            return doCompare( direction, (Integer) one, (Integer) two );
        } else {
            return doCompare( direction, ((Integer[])one)[0], ((Integer[])two)[0]);
        }
    }
    public int doCompare( Direction d, int one, int two  ) {
        int a = ( d == Direction.MIN_TO_MAX? one: two );
        int b = ( d == Direction.MIN_TO_MAX? two: one ) ;
        return a - b;
    }
    public boolean equals( Object o ) {
        return false;
    }
}



enum Direction{
    MIN_TO_MAX,
    MAX_TO_MIN
}

Output:

Original:
45,5,7,
33,1,6,
31,0,9,
12,8,2,
Min to max:
12,8,2,
31,0,9,
33,1,6,
45,5,7,
Max to min
45,5,7,
33,1,6,
31,0,9,
12,8,2,