Write a generic method minimum that takes a List and a Comparator and returns the smallest element in the list accordingly the comparator, or null if the list is empty. Assume there are no null elements in the list.

The liang book has an example called which is a javafx application that reads the javabook database using a preparedstatement object. using it as a guide, create a similar application called findbooks. it will read a list of authors from the bookdb created in problem 1 and display them in a listview. if the user selects an author, it should display the author's book titles in a textarea.

Write an assembly program with the following specifications. a). in the main block, you should have two registers r4 and r5. they should be checked in an infinite loop. if r4 is greater than r5, then the greater subroutine will be called. if r4 is less than r5, then the less subroutine will be called. if r4 equals r5, then no operations will be done

Using a conditional expression, write a statement that increments numusers if updatedirection is 1, otherwise decrements numusers. ex: if numusers is 8 and updatedirection is 1, numusers becomes 9; if updatedirection is 0, numusers becomes 7.