[刷题]First Bad Version

[LintCode]First Bad Version

/**
 * public class VersionControl {
 *     public static boolean isBadVersion(int k);
 * }
 * you can use VersionControl.isBadVersion(k) to judge wether 
 * the kth code version is bad or not.
*/
class Solution {
    /**
     * @param n: An integers.
     * @return: An integer which is the first bad version.
     */
    public int findFirstBadVersion(int n) {
        // 2015-4-11 
        if (n <= 0) {
            return 0;
        }
        
        int start = 1;
        int end = n;
        
        while (start + 1 < end) {
            int mid = (start + end) / 2;
            if (VersionControl.isBadVersion(mid)) {
                end = mid;
            } else {
                start = mid;
            }
        }
        
        // 有可能第一个version就是BadVersiuon
        if (VersionControl.isBadVersion(start)) {
            return start;
        }
        return end;
        // 不考虑没有BadVersion的情况
    }
}