Re: Finding nearest location, calculating distance - best way to store and sort info?

I know I'm really showing my java ignorance here but...

can this be done within an object or an an object function? a quick
trial seems to indicate that it can't be. as i think about it though,
i guess its fine that it isn't.

many thanks,
matt


> Well, that's what caching/memoization is for.  Rather than sort the
> items directly, for example,
> you could put them into a simple Object
>     private class SortableAddress {
>           Address address;
>           float        distanceFromCentroid = -1;
>     }
>     then calculate and save the distance into that extra field.