56. Merge Intervals

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].

合并数组

写的和答案差不多 但是答案中的排序 用到java8特性 比较简洁 

public List<Interval> merge(List<Interval> intervals) {
    if (intervals.size() <= 1)
        return intervals;
    
    // Sort by ascending starting point using an anonymous Comparator
      intervals.sort((i1, i2) -> Integer.compare(i1.start, i2.start));
    
      List<Interval> result = new LinkedList<Interval>();
    int start = intervals.get(0).start;
    int end = intervals.get(0).end;
    
    for (Interval interval : intervals) {
        if (interval.start <= end) // Overlapping intervals, move the end if needed
            end = Math.max(end, interval.end);
        else {                     // Disjoint intervals, add the previous one and reset bounds
            result.add(new Interval(start, end));
            start = interval.start;
            end = interval.end;
        }
    }
    
    // Add the last interval
    result.add(new Interval(start, end));
    return result;
}