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+/**
+ * Copyright © 2014 Mattias Andrée (maandree@member.fsf.org)
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package algorithms.bits;
+
+
+/**
+ * Compute the minimum or maximum of two integers
+ */
+public class MinMax
+{
+£<for T_S in char_15 byte_7 short_15 int_31 long_63; do
+ T=${T_S%_*}
+£>S=${T_S#*_}
+ /**
+ * Compute the minimum of two integers
+ *
+ * @param a One of the integers
+ * @param b The other of the integers
+ * @return The minimum of the two integers
+ */
+ public static £{T} min(£{T} a, £{T} b)
+ {
+ return (£{T})(b ^ (£{T})((a ^ b) & ((a - b) >> £{S})));
+ /* In C you can also do:
+ * b ^ ((a ^ b) & -(a < b))
+ */
+ /*
+ * Other version that can be faster:
+ * (a < b) ? a : b
+ * Assuming you now that INT_MIN <= x - y <= INT_MAX:
+ * b + ((a - b) & ((a - b) >> (sizeof(£{T}) * CHAR_BITS - 1)))
+ */
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Compute the maximum of two integers
+ *
+ * @param a One of the integers
+ * @param b The other of the integers
+ * @return The maximum of the two integers
+ */
+ public static £{T} max(£{T} a, £{T} b)
+ {
+ return (£{T})(a ^ (£{T})((a ^ b) & ((a - b) >> £{S})));
+ /* In C you can also do:
+ * a ^ ((a ^ b) & -(a < b))
+ */
+ /*
+ * Other version that can be faster:
+ * (a < b) ? b : a
+ * Assuming you now that INT_MIN <= x - y <= INT_MAX:
+ * a - ((a - b) & ((a - b) >> (sizeof(£{T}) * CHAR_BITS - 1)))
+ */
+ }
+
+£>done
+}
+