Create CountingSort.java

Sorts/CountingSort.java

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+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Youssef Ali (https://github.com/youssefAli11997)
+ *
+ */
+
+class CountingSort {
+
+    /**
+     * This method implements the Generic Counting Sort
+     *
+     * @param array The array to be sorted 
+     * @param last The count of total number of elements in array
+     * Sorts the array in increasing order
+     * It uses array elements as keys in the frequency map
+     **/
+	    
+    public static <T extends Comparable<T>> void CS(T[] array, int last) {
+    
+    	Map<T, Integer> frequency = new TreeMap<T, Integer>();
+    	// The final output array
+    	ArrayList<T> sortedArray = new ArrayList<T>();
+    	
+    	// Counting the frequency of @param array elements
+    	for(T t : array) {
+    		try{
+    			frequency.put(t, frequency.get(t)+1);
+    		}catch(Exception e){ // new entry
+    			frequency.put(t, 1);
+    		}
+        }
+    	
+    	// Filling the sortedArray
+    	for(Map.Entry<T, Integer> element : frequency.entrySet()) {
+            for(int j=0; j<element.getValue(); j++)
+                sortedArray.add(element.getKey());
+        }
+    	
+    	for(int i=0; i<array.length; i++){
+    		array[i] = sortedArray.get(i);
+    	}
+    }
+
+    // Driver Program
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        // Integer Input
+        Integer[] arr1 = {4,23,6,78,1,54,231,9,12};
+        int last = arr1.length;
+        
+        System.out.println("Before Sorting:");
+        for (int i=0;i<arr1.length;i++) {
+            System.out.print(arr1[i] + " ");
+        }
+        System.out.println();
+
+        CS(arr1, last);
+
+        // Output => 1 4 6 9 12 23 54 78 231
+        System.out.println("After Sorting:");
+        for (int i=0;i<arr1.length;i++) {
+            System.out.print(arr1[i] + " ");
+        }
+        System.out.println();
+        
+        System.out.println("------------------------------");
+        
+        // String Input
+        String[] array1 = {"c", "a", "e", "b","d"};
+        last = array1.length;
+        
+        System.out.println("Before Sorting:");
+        for (int i=0;i<array1.length;i++) {
+            System.out.print(array1[i] + " ");
+        }
+        System.out.println();
+
+        CS(array1, last);
+
+        //Output => a	  b	 c	d	e
+        System.out.println("After Sorting:");
+        for(int i=0; i<last; i++) {
+            System.out.print(array1[i]+" ");
+		}
+		
+    }
+}