/*license*\ XBN-Java: Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com) This software is dual-licensed under the: - Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 or, at your option, any later version; - Apache Software License (ASL) version 2.0. Either license may be applied at your discretion. More information may be found at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing. The text of both licenses is available in the root directory of this project, under the names "LICENSE_lgpl-3.0.txt" and "LICENSE_asl-2.0.txt". The latest copies may be downloaded at: - LGPL 3.0: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt - ASL 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt \*license*/ package com.github.xbn.array; import com.github.xbn.lang.CrashIfObject; import com.github.xbn.number.NumberUtil; /** <p>Get the middle index given a specific length. Intended for future utilities related to indexable and lengthable containers (such as strings, arrays, and collections).</p> * @since 0.1.0 * @author Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein ({@code aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com}), dual-licensed under the LGPL (version 3.0 or later) or the ASL (version 2.0). See source code for details. <a href="http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com">{@code http://xbnjava.aliteralmind.com}</a>, <a href="https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava">{@code https://github.com/aliteralmind/xbnjava}</a> **/ public class IndexableUtil { private IndexableUtil() { throw new IllegalStateException("Do not instantiate"); } /** <p>Get the middle index of a container, given its length.</p> * @return {@link com.github.xbn.number.NumberUtil NumberUtil.}{@link com.github.xbn.number.NumberUtil#getMiddleInt(int, int) getMiddleInt}{@code (0, length)} */ public static final int getMiddleIndex(int length) { return NumberUtil.getMiddleInt(0, length); } /** <p>Get a random index for a container, given its length.</p> */ public static final int getRandomIndexForLength(int length) { return NumberUtil.getRandomIntBetweenInclusive(0, (length - 1)); } public static final void crashIfContainerIsNullAndThatIsBad(NullContainer nnull, String obj_name) { boolean isBad = false; try { isBad = nnull.isBad(); } catch(RuntimeException rx) { throw CrashIfObject.nullOrReturnCause(nnull, "nnull", null, rx); } if(isBad) { throw new NullPointerException(obj_name + " is null (nnull.isBad() is true)."); } } }