世道变了，面试初级Java开发会问到Arrays！！！你不会还不知道吧！

一、基本定义

Arrays类，全路径java.util.Arrays，主要功能为操作数组，Arrays类的所有方法均为静态方法，所以

调用方式全部为Arrays.方法名

二、常用方法

1. <T> List<T>  asList(T... a)

可以将数组转化为相应的list集合，但是也只能转化为list，asList方法内部构建了一个内部静态类ArrayList，

这个ArrayList也继承自AbstractList，但并不是我们集合中常用的ArrayList，这两者是有区别的，需注意，

内部静态类AbstractList也实现了contains,forEach,replaceAll,sort,toArray等方法，但add,remove等方法则没有

Integer[] array = new Integer[]{1,2,3}; 
int[] array2 = new int[]{1,2,3};
List<Integer> list1 = Arrays.asList(1,2,3);
List<Integer> list2 = Arrays.asList(array);
List<int[]> list3 = Arrays.asList(array2);

void fill(int[] a, int val)、void fill(int[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, int val)、void fill(Object[] a, Object val)、void fill(Object[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, Object val)

fill方法有多个重载，分别对应几种基本数据类型以及引用类型（Object），

fill(int[] a, int val)会将整个数组的值全部覆盖为val
fill(int[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, int val)则提供了可选的开头和结尾（不包括）

int[] array = new int[]{1,2,3};
Arrays.fill(array, 1);
Arrays.fill(array, 0, 2, 1);// {1,1,3}
String[] str = {"123"};
Arrays.fill(str, "1");

源码如下：

我们可以看到可选开头结尾的重载方法会先做数组越界的校验，防止非法输入

   /** * Assigns the specified double value to each element of the specified* range of the specified array of doubles.  The range to be filled* extends from index <tt>fromIndex</tt>, inclusive, to index* <tt>toIndex</tt>, exclusive.  (If <tt>fromIndex==toIndex</tt>, the* range to be filled is empty.)** @param a the array to be filled* @param fromIndex the index of the first element (inclusive) to be*        filled with the specified value* @param toIndex the index of the last element (exclusive) to be*        filled with the specified value* @param val the value to be stored in all elements of the array* @throws IllegalArgumentException if <tt>fromIndex &gt; toIndex</tt>* @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if <tt>fromIndex &lt; 0</tt> or*         <tt>toIndex &gt; a.length</tt> */public static void fill(double[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex,double val){rangeCheck(a.length, fromIndex, toIndex); for (int i = fromIndex; i < toIndex; i++)a[i] = val;} /** * Assigns the specified float value to each element of the specified array* of floats.** @param a the array to be filled* @param val the value to be stored in all elements of the array */public static void fill(float[] a, float val) {for (int i = 0, len = a.length; i < len; i++)a[i] = val;} /** * Checks that {@code fromIndex} and {@code toIndex} are in* the range and throws an exception if they aren't. */private static void rangeCheck(int arrayLength, int fromIndex, int toIndex) { if (fromIndex > toIndex) { throw new IllegalArgumentException( "fromIndex(" + fromIndex + ") > toIndex(" + toIndex + ")");} if (fromIndex < 0) { throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(fromIndex);} if (toIndex > arrayLength) {throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(toIndex);}}

int[] copyOf(int[] original, int newLength)、int[] copyOfRange(int[] original, int from, int to)

存在多个重载方式，此处以int举例

从样例中我i们看到，copyOf复制后的数组长度可以大于复制前的数组，根据源码发现，超出的元素被填充为0，引用类型则填充为null

int[] array = new int[]{1,2,3}; 
int[] array2 = Arrays.copyOf(array, 4);

public static int[] copyOf(
int[] original, int newLength) { 
int[] copy = new int[newLength];System.arraycopy(original, 0, copy, 0,Math.min(original.length, newLength));return copy;}

对于copyOfRange，可以选择复制的开头和结尾（不包括），且结尾下标可以大于原数组长度，超出的下标会被填充

int[] array = new int[]{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}; 
int[] array2 = Arrays.copyOfRange(array, 3, 6); 
int[] array3 = Arrays.copyOfRange(array, 3, 10);

   /** * Copies the specified range of the specified array into a new array.* The initial index of the range (<tt>from</tt>) must lie between zero* and <tt>original.length</tt>, inclusive.  The value at* <tt>original[from]</tt> is placed into the initial element of the copy* (unless <tt>from == original.length</tt> or <tt>from == to</tt>).* Values from subsequent elements in the original array are placed into* subsequent elements in the copy.  The final index of the range* (<tt>to</tt>), which must be greater than or equal to <tt>from</tt>,* may be greater than <tt>original.length</tt>, in which case* <tt>0</tt> is placed in all elements of the copy whose index is* greater than or equal to <tt>original.length - from</tt>.  The length* of the returned array will be <tt>to - from</tt>.** @param original the array from which a range is to be copied* @param from the initial index of the range to be copied, inclusive* @param to the final index of the range to be copied, exclusive.*     (This index may lie outside the array.)* @return a new array containing the specified range from the original array,*     truncated or padded with zeros to obtain the required length* @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code from < 0}*     or {@code from > original.length}* @throws IllegalArgumentException if <tt>from &gt; to</tt>* @throws NullPointerException if <tt>original</tt> is null* @since 1.6 */public static int[] copyOfRange(int[] original, int from, int to) { int newLength = to - from; if (newLength < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(from + " > " + to); int[] copy = new int[newLength];System.arraycopy(original, from, copy, 0,Math.min(original.length - from, newLength)); return copy;}

4.boolean equals(int[] a, int[] a2)、boolean equals(Object[] a, Object[] a2)

比较2个数组是否相等，基本类型的元素会依次进行==判断，引用类型则会在判空后使用equal

public static boolean equals(int[] a, int[] a2) { if (a==a2) return true; if (a==null || a2==null) return false; int length = a.length; if (a2.length != length) return false; for (int i=0; i<length; i++) if (a[i] != a2[i]) return false; return true;} public static boolean equals(Object[] a, Object[] a2) { if (a==a2) return true; if (a==null || a2==null) return false; int length = a.length; if (a2.length != length) return false; for (int i=0; i<length; i++) {Object o1 = a[i];Object o2 = a2[i]; if (!(o1==null ? o2==null : o1.equals(o2))) return false;} return true;}

5.String toString(int[] a)

假设我们想输出一个数组的全部元素，一种方法是利用循环遍历所有元素后挨个输出

但Arrays提供了一个方案可以直接调用，toString内部实现其实也是通过遍历来实现，

利用可变字符串StringBuilder来构建

public static String toString(int[] a) { 
if (a == null) return "null"; int iMax = a.length - 1; if (iMax == -1) return "[]";StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();b.append('['); for (int i = 0; ; i++) {b.append(a[i]); if (i == iMax) return b.append(']').toString();b.append(", ");}}

int binarySearch(int[] a, int key)

Arrays内置的二分查找方法，使用条件为参数数组a是有序的，如无序

会导致返回结果错误

1  public static int binarySearch(int[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, 
2                                    int key) { 
3         rangeCheck(a.length, fromIndex, toIndex);4         return binarySearch0(a, fromIndex, toIndex, key); 5     }6 7     // Like public version, but without range checks.8     private static int binarySearch0(int[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex, 9                                      int key) { 10         int low = fromIndex; 11         int high = toIndex - 1; 12 
13         while (low <= high) {14             int mid = (low + high) >>> 1; 15             int midVal = a[mid]; 16 
17             if (midVal < key) 
18                 low = mid + 1; 
19             else if (midVal > key) 
20                 high = mid - 1; 
21             else
22                 return mid; // key found
23 } 
24         return -(low + 1);  // key not found.
25     }