Class ArraySorter

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArraySorter.java:29–171

Sorts and returns arrays in the fluent style. TODO For 4.0, rename to ArraySort, since we cover the sort() method here, see also ArrayFill. @since 3.12.0

 * @since 3.12.0
 */
public class ArraySorter {

    /**
     * Sorts the given array into ascending order and returns it.
     *
     * @param array the array to sort (may be null).
     * @return the given array.
     * @see Arrays#sort(byte[])
     */
    public static byte[] sort(final byte[] array) {
        if (array != null) {
            Arrays.sort(array);
        }
        return array;
    }

    /**
     * Sorts the given array into ascending order and returns it.
     *
     * @param array the array to sort (may be null).
     * @return the given array.
     * @see Arrays#sort(char[])
     */
    public static char[] sort(final char[] array) {
        if (array != null) {
            Arrays.sort(array);
        }
        return array;
    }

    /**
     * Sorts the given array into ascending order and returns it.
     *
     * @param array the array to sort (may be null).
     * @return the given array.
     * @see Arrays#sort(double[])
     */
    public static double[] sort(final double[] array) {
        if (array != null) {
            Arrays.sort(array);
        }
        return array;
    }

    /**
     * Sorts the given array into ascending order and returns it.
     *
     * @param array the array to sort (may be null).
     * @return the given array.
     * @see Arrays#sort(float[])
     */
    public static float[] sort(final float[] array) {
        if (array != null) {
            Arrays.sort(array);
        }
        return array;
    }