Question

I’m trying to find an object in a list based on a set of criteria. The basic logic looks like this

for (objectx obj : list)
{
    if (object.property1 > criteria1)
        //accept object
    else (object.property1 == criteria1)
    {
        if (object.property2 > criteria2)
            //accept object
        else (object.property2 == criteria2)
        {
            if (object.property3 > criteria3)
                  ... etc
        } 
    }                                  
}

Is there an elegent way to simplify this mess?

Answer 1

boolean accept = false;
for (int i = 0; i < object.numProps(); i++) {
   if (object.prop[i] > criteria[i]) {
       accept = true;
       break;
   } else if (object.prop[i] < criteria[i]) 
       break;
   // loop continues only if object.prop[i] == criteria[i]
}