
题目要求:
Given a collection of intervals, merge all overlapping intervals.
For example,
Given [1,3],[2,6],[8,10],[15,18]
,
return [1,6],[8,10],[15,18]
.
解题思路:
1)将集合进行排序;
集合的排序建议使用Collections的sort方法实现,需要自己实现Comparator接口;
2)依次进行归并,当后者的start大于当前Interval的end时,将当前Interval加入到集合中,否则将当前Interval和后者Interval进行归并
注意:边界条件的判断
代码:
/**
* Definition for an interval.
* public class Interval {
* int start;
* int end;
* Interval() { start = 0; end = 0; }
* Interval(int s, int e) { start = s; end = e; }
* }
*/ public class Solution {
public List<Interval> merge(List<Interval> intervals) {
//处理特殊情况
if(intervals == null || intervals.size() <2 ){
return intervals;
} //集合排序
ComparatorImpl com = new ComparatorImpl();
Collections.sort(intervals,com); //归并
List<Interval> temp = new ArrayList<Interval>();
Interval val = intervals.get(0);
Interval next;
boolean flag = true;
for(int i=1; i<intervals.size();){
next = intervals.get(i);
flag = true;
if(next.start > val.end){
temp.add(val);
val = next;
flag = false;
}else{
//进行一次归并,i自增一次
val.end = Math.max(val.end,next.end);
i++;
}
} //处理最后一个未归并的Interval
if(flag){
temp.add(val);
} return temp;
}
} //实现排序接口
class ComparatorImpl implements Comparator<Interval>
{
public int compare(Interval o1, Interval o2) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return o1.start-o2.start;
} }