To: bob smith
From: "Lew" <lew@1:261/38.remove-5qr-this>

  To: bob smith
From: "Lew" <lew@1:261/38.remove-yy0-this>

  To: bob smith
From: Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com>

 bob smith wrote:
> I have some code that sorts a list like so:
>
> Vector<String> my_list = new Vector<String>();
>
>               Comparator<String> c = new Comparator<String>() {
>                       @Override
>                       public int compare(String object1, String object2) {
>                               if (object1 == null)
>                                       return -1;
>
>                               if (object2 == null)
>                                       return 1;
>
>                               object1 = object1.toLowerCase();
>                               object2 = object2.toLowerCase();
>
>                               return object1.compareTo(object2);
>                       };
>               };
>
> Collections.sort(my_list, c);
>
> This seems like a lot of code for such a common operation.  Is there a more
succinct way of doing this?

Others have shown ways to shorten this, but I'm curious.

"Seems" - such a duck-and-cover word. You made an assessment. Based on what 
criteria?

What is "a lot"?

You could write a cover method.

Apache Commons might have a utility class for that.

--
Lew

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