class OrderedList { private int value; private OrderedList next; // Note: No setValue() method or setNext() methods are provided, // since those could require reordering the list. public int getValue() { return value; } public OrderedList getNext() { return next; } // If X is in the list, returns the previous node. // If X is not in the list, returns the node for the greatest element less // than X. public OrderedList searchBefore(int x) { // Locate node containing X OrderedList n = this; while (true) { if (n.next==null) return n; if (n.next.value >= x) return n; n = n.next; } } // Is element x in the list. Note the use of the left to right evaluation of // && (if the condition n.net != null is false, then the conjunction returns // false without evaluating n.next.value=x. public boolean inList(int x) { OrderedList n = searchBefore(x); return n.next != null && n.next.value == x; } // Adds x to the ordered list, if it is not already there. public void add(int x) { OrderedList n = searchBefore(x); if (n.next == null || n.next.value != x) { OrderedList newNode = new OrderedList(); newNode.value = x; newNode.next = n.next; n.next = newNode; } } // Deletes X from the ordered list, if it is there. public void delete(int x) { OrderedList n = searchBefore(x); if (n.next != null && n.next.value == x) n.next = n.next.next; } public String toString() { OrderedList a = next; String s = "["; while (a != null) { s = s + a.value + " "; a = a.next; } return s+ "]"; } public static void main(String[] args) { OrderedList l = new OrderedList(); l.add(31); l.add(41); l.add(59); l.add(26); l.add(53); l.add(58); l.add(37); l.delete(53); System.out.println(l.toString()); } }