}
/**
- * Consolidates a list of ranges so that any contiguous ranges are merged
+ * Consolidates a list of ranges so that any contiguous ranges are merged.
+ * This assumes the ranges are already in start order (does not sort them).
*
* @param ranges
- * @return
+ * @return the same list (if unchanged), else a new merged list, leaving the
+ * input list unchanged
*/
- public static List<int[]> coalesceRanges(List<int[]> ranges)
+ public static List<int[]> coalesceRanges(final List<int[]> ranges)
{
if (ranges == null || ranges.size() < 2) {
return ranges;
List<int[]> merged = new ArrayList<int[]>();
int[] lastRange = ranges.get(0);
int lastDirection = lastRange[1] >= lastRange[0] ? 1 : -1;
+ lastRange = new int[] { lastRange[0], lastRange[1] };
merged.add(lastRange);
+ boolean first = true;
- for (int[] range : ranges)
+ for (final int[] range : ranges)
{
- if (range == lastRange)
+ if (first)
{
+ first = false;
continue;
}
+ if (range[0] == lastRange[0] && range[1] == lastRange[1])
+ {
+ // drop duplicate range
+ changed = true;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * drop this range if it lies within the last range
+ */
+ if ((lastDirection == 1 && range[0] >= lastRange[0]
+ && range[0] <= lastRange[1] && range[1] >= lastRange[0] && range[1] <= lastRange[1])
+ || (lastDirection == -1 && range[0] <= lastRange[0]
+ && range[0] >= lastRange[1]
+ && range[1] <= lastRange[0] && range[1] >= lastRange[1]))
+ {
+ changed = true;
+ continue;
+ }
+
int direction = range[1] >= range[0] ? 1 : -1;
/*
* if next range is in the same direction as last and contiguous,
* just update the end position of the last range
*/
- if ((range[1] == range[0] || direction == lastDirection)
- && (range[0] == lastRange[1] || range[0] == lastRange[1]
- + lastDirection))
+ boolean sameDirection = range[1] == range[0] || direction == lastDirection;
+ boolean extending = range[0] == lastRange[1] + lastDirection;
+ boolean overlapping = (lastDirection == 1 && range[0] >= lastRange[0] && range[0] <= lastRange[1])
+ || (lastDirection == -1 && range[0] <= lastRange[0] && range[0] >= lastRange[1]);
+ if (sameDirection && (overlapping || extending))
{
lastRange[1] = range[1];
changed = true;
}
else
{
- merged.add(range);
- lastRange = range;
+ lastRange = new int[] { range[0], range[1] };
+ merged.add(lastRange);
// careful: merging [5, 5] after [7, 6] should keep negative direction
lastDirection = (range[1] == range[0]) ? lastDirection : direction;
}