java-不要把Arrays.binarySearch用在非数字上！

问题是这样出现的：我有一个array

    private final String[] enabled_view = {"location", "sensor", "train_time", "file_walk"};

然后我想要找到每个对于的索引值，于是不知道怎么查的就找到了Arrays.binarySearch这个方法，之前这样跑了都没有问题

        int sensor_index = Arrays.binarySearch(enabled_view, "sensor");
        int train_time_index = Arrays.binarySearch(enabled_view, "train_time");

直到今天我去加一个功能，之前屎山的坑才暴雷：

int fileWalk_index = Arrays.binarySearch(enabled_view, "file_walk");

这句话的返回值突然变成了-1

于是翻文档：
 

    /**
     * Searches the specified array for the specified object using the binary
     * search algorithm. The array must be sorted into ascending order
     * according to the
     * {@linkplain Comparable natural ordering}
     * of its elements (as by the
     * {@link #sort(Object[])} method) prior to making this call.
     * If it is not sorted, the results are undefined.
     * (If the array contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for
     * example, strings and integers), it <i>cannot</i> be sorted according
     * to the natural ordering of its elements, hence results are undefined.)
     * If the array contains multiple
     * elements equal to the specified object, there is no guarantee which
     * one will be found.
     *
     * @param a the array to be searched
     * @param key the value to be searched for
     * @return index of the search key, if it is contained in the array;
     *         otherwise, <code>(-(<i>insertion point</i>) - 1)</code>.  The
     *         <i>insertion point</i> is defined as the point at which the
     *         key would be inserted into the array: the index of the first
     *         element greater than the key, or {@code a.length} if all
     *         elements in the array are less than the specified key.  Note
     *         that this guarantees that the return value will be &gt;= 0 if
     *         and only if the key is found.
     * @throws ClassCastException if the search key is not comparable to the
     *         elements of the array.
     */
    public static int binarySearch(Object[] a, Object key) {
        return binarySearch0(a, 0, a.length, key);
    }

划重点：

according to the natural ordering 

If it is not sorted, the results are undefined.

所以，这个东西很大程度是用在数字的身上的，虽然它写的是object对象

总结：不要把Arrays.binarySearch用在非数字上！用在数字上的话请先排好序