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Thread: Using a Generic Insertion Sort method

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    Default Using a Generic Insertion Sort method

    Hello,
    I am having a real hard to trying to figure out how to use generics

    I have the following insertion sort method defined
      public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> void insertionSort (T[] data)
      {
         for (int index = 1; index < data.length; index++)
         {
            T key = data[index];
            int position = index;
     
            /** Shift larger values to the right */
            while (position > 0 && data[position-1].compareTo(key) > 0)
            {
               data[position] = data[position-1];
               position--;
            }
     
            data[position] = key;
         }
      }

    I am trying to call it in the following manner where class Card is previously defined


    private static List< Card > list; // declare List that will store Cards
     
    public static void main( String args[] )
       {
          DeckOfCards cards = new DeckOfCards();
          cards.printCards();
          InsertionSort.insertionSort(list);
     
       } // end main

    However, I get the following error:
    The method insertionSort(T[]) in the type InsertionSort is not applicable for the arguments (List<Card>)


    Any help


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    Default Re: Using a Generic Insertion Sort method

    An Array T[] is not the same as a List<T>. Change your insertionSort method to take a parameter List<T>:

    public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> void insertionSort (List<T> data)
    {
       // you'll need to fix your insertionSort method to sort a list rather than an array
    }

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