package Sorts; /** * Generic merge sort algorithm. * * @see SortAlgorithm */ class MergeSort implements SortAlgorithm { /** * Generic merge sort algorithm implements. * * @param unsorted the array which should be sorted. * @param Comparable class. * @return sorted array. */ @Override public > T[] sort(T[] unsorted) { doSort(unsorted, 0, unsorted.length - 1); return unsorted; } /** * @param arr the array to be sorted. * @param left the first index of the array. * @param right the last index of the array. */ private static > void doSort(T[] arr, int left, int right) { if (left < right) { int mid = (left + right) >>> 1; doSort(arr, left, mid); doSort(arr, mid + 1, right); merge(arr, left, mid, right); } } /** * Merges two parts of an array. * * @param arr the array to be merged. * @param left the first index of the array. * @param mid the middle index of the array. * @param right the last index of the array merges two parts of an array in increasing order. */ private static > void merge(T[] arr, int left, int mid, int right) { int length = right - left + 1; @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") T[] temp = (T[]) new Comparable[length]; int i = left; int j = mid + 1; int k = 0; while (i <= mid && j <= right) { if (arr[i].compareTo(arr[j]) <= 0) { temp[k++] = arr[i++]; } else { temp[k++] = arr[j++]; } } while (i <= mid) { temp[k++] = arr[i++]; } while (j <= right) { temp[k++] = arr[j++]; } System.arraycopy(temp, 0, arr, left, length); } /** Driver code */ public static void main(String[] args) { MergeSort mergeSort = new MergeSort(); Integer[] arr = {4, 23, 6, 78, 1, 54, 231, 9, 12}; mergeSort.sort(arr); for (int i = 0; i < arr.length - 1; ++i) { assert arr[i] <= arr[i + 1]; } String[] stringArray = {"c", "a", "e", "b", "d"}; mergeSort.sort(stringArray); for (int i = 0; i < stringArray.length - 1; ++i) { assert arr[i].compareTo(arr[i + 1]) <= 0; } } }