Chapter 18.4, Problem 17SC

Explanation of Solution

Modifying method “min”:

//define the method min of type E extends Measurable

public static <E extends Measurable> E min(

ArrayList<E> objects)

{

//get the first element of ArraList to smallest

E smallest = objects.get(0);

//iterate a for loop to get the elements of ArrayList

for (int i = 1; i < objects.size(); i++)

{

//get the elements one by one to obj

E obj = objects.get(i);

//if the obj is less than smallest

if (obj.getMeasure()

< smallest.getMeasure())

{

//set smallest equal to obj

smallest = obj;

}

}

//return the smallest value

return smallest;

}

Explanation:

The above code snippet is the modified “min” method...