Merge Intervals

Given a set of non-overlapping intervals, insert a new interval into the intervals (merge if necessary).

You may assume that the intervals were initially sorted according to their start times.

Example 1:

Given intervals [1,3],[6,9] insert and merge [2,5] would result in [1,5],[6,9].

Example 2:

Given [1,2],[3,5],[6,7],[8,10],[12,16], insert and merge [4,9] would result in [1,2],[3,10],[12,16].

This is because the new interval [4,9] overlaps with [3,5],[6,7],[8,10].

Make sure the returned intervals are also sorted.

public class Solution {
    public ArrayList<Interval> insert(ArrayList<Interval> intervals, Interval newInterval) {
        Interval current = newInterval;
        int i = 0;
        while (i < intervals.size()) {
            Interval in = intervals.get(i);
            if (in.end < current.start)
                i++;
            else if (in.start > current.end) {
                intervals.add(i, current);
                break;
            } else {
                current.start = Math.min(in.start, current.start);
                current.end = Math.max(in.end, current.end);
                intervals.remove(i);
            }
        }
        if (i == intervals.size()) 
            intervals.add(current);
        return intervals;
    }
}

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