/* * Follows recently accessed elements should be referred more so kept on top of * the list */ import java.util.LinkedList; import java.util.List; import java.util.Random; import java.util.Scanner; public class LocalityBasedSearching { public static void main(String[] args) { List items = new LinkedList(); Integer n = 10; Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); Random rand = new Random(); while (n > 0) { items.add(rand.nextInt(100)); n--; } System.out.println(items.toString()); boolean flag = true; boolean found = false; Integer numberofInstance; while (flag == true) { numberofInstance = 0; System.out.println("Enter the element to find: "); Integer search = sc.nextInt(); for (int i = 0; i < items.size(); i++) { if (items.get(i).equals(search)) { found = true; System.out.println("Element found at index " + i + "\nReordering list..."); // Integer temp = items.get(numberofInstance); // items.set(numberofInstance, search); items.add(numberofInstance, search); items.remove(i + 1); // items.set(i, temp); System.out.println("Reordered list: " + items.toString()); numberofInstance++; // break; } } if (found == false) { System.out.println("No such element found."); } System.out.println("Do you want to continue? /"); flag = sc.nextBoolean(); } sc.close(); } } /* [52, 94, 58, 8, 78, 0, 30, 81, 16, 58] Enter the element to find: 8 Element found at index 3 Reordering list... Reordered list: [8, 52, 94, 58, 78, 0, 30, 81, 16, 58] Do you want to continue? / true Enter the element to find: 58 Element found at index 3 Reordering list... Reordered list: [58, 8, 52, 94, 78, 0, 30, 81, 16, 58] Element found at index 9 Reordering list... Reordered list: [58, 58, 8, 52, 94, 78, 0, 30, 81, 16] Do you want to continue? / true Enter the element to find: 94 Element found at index 4 Reordering list... Reordered list: [94, 58, 58, 8, 52, 78, 0, 30, 81, 16] Do you want to continue? / false