package com.sorts; import static com.sorts.SortUtils.less; import static com.sorts.SortUtils.swap; public class QuickSort { /** * This method implements the Generic Quick Sort * * @param array The array to be sorted * Sorts the array in increasing order **/ public > T[] sort(T[] array) { doSort(array, 0, array.length - 1); return array; } /** * The sorting process * * @param left The first index of an array * @param right The last index of an array * @param array The array to be sorted **/ private static > void doSort(T[] array, int left, int right) { if (left < right) { int pivot = partition(array, left, right); doSort(array, left, pivot - 1); doSort(array, pivot, right); } } /** * This method finds the partition index for an array * * @param array The array to be sorted * @param left The first index of an array * @param right The last index of an array * Finds the partition index of an array **/ private static > int partition(T[] array, int left, int right) { int mid = (left + right) / 2; T pivot = array[mid]; while (left <= right) { while (less(array[left], pivot)) { ++left; } while (less(pivot, array[right])) { --right; } if (left <= right) { swap(array, left, right); ++left; --right; } } return left; } }