jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Arrays.java
changeset 3420 bba8035eebfa
parent 715 f16baef3a20e
child 4165 7cd799c224da
--- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Arrays.java	Wed Jul 29 13:56:15 2009 -0700
+++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Arrays.java	Wed Jul 29 14:24:19 2009 -0700
@@ -1065,29 +1065,103 @@
                 (x[b] > x[c] ? b : x[a] > x[c] ? c : a));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Old merge sort implementation can be selected (for
+     * compatibility with broken comparators) using a system property.
+     * Cannot be a static boolean in the enclosing class due to
+     * circular dependencies.  To be removed in a future release.
+     */
+    static final class LegacyMergeSort {
+        private static final boolean userRequested =
+            java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
+                new sun.security.action.GetBooleanAction(
+                    "java.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort")).booleanValue();
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * If this platform has an optimizing VM, check whether ComparableTimSort
+     * offers any performance benefit over TimSort in conjunction with a
+     * comparator that returns:
+     *    {@code ((Comparable)first).compareTo(Second)}.
+     * If not, you are better off deleting ComparableTimSort to
+     * eliminate the code duplication.  In other words, the commented
+     * out code below is the preferable implementation for sorting
+     * arrays of Comparables if it offers sufficient performance.
+     */
+
+//    /**
+//     * A comparator that implements the natural ordering of a group of
+//     * mutually comparable elements.  Using this comparator saves us
+//     * from duplicating most of the code in this file (one version for
+//     * Comparables, one for explicit Comparators).
+//     */
+//    private static final Comparator<Object> NATURAL_ORDER =
+//            new Comparator<Object>() {
+//        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+//        public int compare(Object first, Object second) {
+//            return ((Comparable<Object>)first).compareTo(second);
+//        }
+//    };
+//
+//    public static void sort(Object[] a) {
+//        sort(a, 0, a.length, NATURAL_ORDER);
+//    }
+//
+//    public static void sort(Object[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex) {
+//        sort(a, fromIndex, toIndex, NATURAL_ORDER);
+//    }
 
     /**
-     * Sorts the specified array of objects into ascending order, according to
-     * the {@linkplain Comparable natural ordering}
-     * of its elements.  All elements in the array
-     * must implement the {@link Comparable} interface.  Furthermore, all
-     * elements in the array must be <i>mutually comparable</i> (that is,
-     * <tt>e1.compareTo(e2)</tt> must not throw a <tt>ClassCastException</tt>
-     * for any elements <tt>e1</tt> and <tt>e2</tt> in the array).<p>
+     * Sorts the specified array of objects into ascending order, according
+     * to the {@linkplain Comparable natural ordering} of its elements.
+     * All elements in the array must implement the {@link Comparable}
+     * interface.  Furthermore, all elements in the array must be
+     * <i>mutually comparable</i> (that is, {@code e1.compareTo(e2)} must
+     * not throw a {@code ClassCastException} for any elements {@code e1}
+     * and {@code e2} in the array).
+     *
+     * <p>This sort is guaranteed to be <i>stable</i>:  equal elements will
+     * not be reordered as a result of the sort.
      *
-     * This sort is guaranteed to be <i>stable</i>:  equal elements will
-     * not be reordered as a result of the sort.<p>
+     * <p>Implementation note: This implementation is a stable, adaptive,
+     * iterative mergesort that requires far fewer than n lg(n) comparisons
+     * when the input array is partially sorted, while offering the
+     * performance of a traditional mergesort when the input array is
+     * randomly ordered.  If the input array is nearly sorted, the
+     * implementation requires approximately n comparisons.  Temporary
+     * storage requirements vary from a small constant for nearly sorted
+     * input arrays to n/2 object references for randomly ordered input
+     * arrays.
      *
-     * The sorting algorithm is a modified mergesort (in which the merge is
-     * omitted if the highest element in the low sublist is less than the
-     * lowest element in the high sublist).  This algorithm offers guaranteed
-     * n*log(n) performance.
+     * <p>The implementation takes equal advantage of ascending and
+     * descending order in its input array, and can take advantage of
+     * ascending and descending order in different parts of the the same
+     * input array.  It is well-suited to merging two or more sorted arrays:
+     * simply concatenate the arrays and sort the resulting array.
+     *
+     * <p>The implementation was adapted from Tim Peters's list sort for Python
+     * (<a href="http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/Objects/listsort.txt">
+     * TimSort</a>).  It uses techiques from Peter McIlroy's "Optimistic
+     * Sorting and Information Theoretic Complexity", in Proceedings of the
+     * Fourth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, pp 467-474,
+     * January 1993.
      *
      * @param a the array to be sorted
-     * @throws  ClassCastException if the array contains elements that are not
-     *          <i>mutually comparable</i> (for example, strings and integers).
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the array contains elements that are not
+     *         <i>mutually comparable</i> (for example, strings and integers)
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException (optional) if the natural
+     *         ordering of the array elements is found to violate the
+     *         {@link Comparable} contract
      */
     public static void sort(Object[] a) {
+        if (LegacyMergeSort.userRequested)
+            legacyMergeSort(a);
+        else
+            ComparableTimSort.sort(a);
+    }
+
+    /** To be removed in a future release. */
+    private static void legacyMergeSort(Object[] a) {
         Object[] aux = a.clone();
         mergeSort(aux, a, 0, a.length, 0);
     }
@@ -1097,34 +1171,63 @@
      * ascending order, according to the
      * {@linkplain Comparable natural ordering} of its
      * elements.  The range to be sorted extends from index
-     * <tt>fromIndex</tt>, inclusive, to index <tt>toIndex</tt>, exclusive.
-     * (If <tt>fromIndex==toIndex</tt>, the range to be sorted is empty.)  All
+     * {@code fromIndex}, inclusive, to index {@code toIndex}, exclusive.
+     * (If {@code fromIndex==toIndex}, the range to be sorted is empty.)  All
      * elements in this range must implement the {@link Comparable}
      * interface.  Furthermore, all elements in this range must be <i>mutually
-     * comparable</i> (that is, <tt>e1.compareTo(e2)</tt> must not throw a
-     * <tt>ClassCastException</tt> for any elements <tt>e1</tt> and
-     * <tt>e2</tt> in the array).<p>
+     * comparable</i> (that is, {@code e1.compareTo(e2)} must not throw a
+     * {@code ClassCastException} for any elements {@code e1} and
+     * {@code e2} in the array).
+     *
+     * <p>This sort is guaranteed to be <i>stable</i>:  equal elements will
+     * not be reordered as a result of the sort.
      *
-     * This sort is guaranteed to be <i>stable</i>:  equal elements will
-     * not be reordered as a result of the sort.<p>
+     * <p>Implementation note: This implementation is a stable, adaptive,
+     * iterative mergesort that requires far fewer than n lg(n) comparisons
+     * when the input array is partially sorted, while offering the
+     * performance of a traditional mergesort when the input array is
+     * randomly ordered.  If the input array is nearly sorted, the
+     * implementation requires approximately n comparisons.  Temporary
+     * storage requirements vary from a small constant for nearly sorted
+     * input arrays to n/2 object references for randomly ordered input
+     * arrays.
      *
-     * The sorting algorithm is a modified mergesort (in which the merge is
-     * omitted if the highest element in the low sublist is less than the
-     * lowest element in the high sublist).  This algorithm offers guaranteed
-     * n*log(n) performance.
+     * <p>The implementation takes equal advantage of ascending and
+     * descending order in its input array, and can take advantage of
+     * ascending and descending order in different parts of the the same
+     * input array.  It is well-suited to merging two or more sorted arrays:
+     * simply concatenate the arrays and sort the resulting array.
+     *
+     * <p>The implementation was adapted from Tim Peters's list sort for Python
+     * (<a href="http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/Objects/listsort.txt">
+     * TimSort</a>).  It uses techiques from Peter McIlroy's "Optimistic
+     * Sorting and Information Theoretic Complexity", in Proceedings of the
+     * Fourth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, pp 467-474,
+     * January 1993.
      *
      * @param a the array to be sorted
      * @param fromIndex the index of the first element (inclusive) to be
      *        sorted
      * @param toIndex the index of the last element (exclusive) to be sorted
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <tt>fromIndex &gt; toIndex</tt>
-     * @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if <tt>fromIndex &lt; 0</tt> or
-     *         <tt>toIndex &gt; a.length</tt>
-     * @throws    ClassCastException if the array contains elements that are
-     *            not <i>mutually comparable</i> (for example, strings and
-     *            integers).
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code fromIndex > toIndex} or
+     *         (optional) if the natural ordering of the array elements is
+     *         found to violate the {@link Comparable} contract
+     * @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code fromIndex < 0} or
+     *         {@code toIndex > a.length}
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the array contains elements that are
+     *         not <i>mutually comparable</i> (for example, strings and
+     *         integers).
      */
     public static void sort(Object[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex) {
+        if (LegacyMergeSort.userRequested)
+            legacyMergeSort(a, fromIndex, toIndex);
+        else
+            ComparableTimSort.sort(a, fromIndex, toIndex);
+    }
+
+    /** To be removed in a future release. */
+    private static void legacyMergeSort(Object[] a,
+                                        int fromIndex, int toIndex) {
         rangeCheck(a.length, fromIndex, toIndex);
         Object[] aux = copyOfRange(a, fromIndex, toIndex);
         mergeSort(aux, a, fromIndex, toIndex, -fromIndex);
@@ -1133,6 +1236,7 @@
     /**
      * Tuning parameter: list size at or below which insertion sort will be
      * used in preference to mergesort or quicksort.
+     * To be removed in a future release.
      */
     private static final int INSERTIONSORT_THRESHOLD = 7;
 
@@ -1142,6 +1246,7 @@
      * low is the index in dest to start sorting
      * high is the end index in dest to end sorting
      * off is the offset to generate corresponding low, high in src
+     * To be removed in a future release.
      */
     private static void mergeSort(Object[] src,
                                   Object[] dest,
@@ -1197,25 +1302,53 @@
      * Sorts the specified array of objects according to the order induced by
      * the specified comparator.  All elements in the array must be
      * <i>mutually comparable</i> by the specified comparator (that is,
-     * <tt>c.compare(e1, e2)</tt> must not throw a <tt>ClassCastException</tt>
-     * for any elements <tt>e1</tt> and <tt>e2</tt> in the array).<p>
+     * {@code c.compare(e1, e2)} must not throw a {@code ClassCastException}
+     * for any elements {@code e1} and {@code e2} in the array).
+     *
+     * <p>This sort is guaranteed to be <i>stable</i>:  equal elements will
+     * not be reordered as a result of the sort.
      *
-     * This sort is guaranteed to be <i>stable</i>:  equal elements will
-     * not be reordered as a result of the sort.<p>
+     * <p>Implementation note: This implementation is a stable, adaptive,
+     * iterative mergesort that requires far fewer than n lg(n) comparisons
+     * when the input array is partially sorted, while offering the
+     * performance of a traditional mergesort when the input array is
+     * randomly ordered.  If the input array is nearly sorted, the
+     * implementation requires approximately n comparisons.  Temporary
+     * storage requirements vary from a small constant for nearly sorted
+     * input arrays to n/2 object references for randomly ordered input
+     * arrays.
      *
-     * The sorting algorithm is a modified mergesort (in which the merge is
-     * omitted if the highest element in the low sublist is less than the
-     * lowest element in the high sublist).  This algorithm offers guaranteed
-     * n*log(n) performance.
+     * <p>The implementation takes equal advantage of ascending and
+     * descending order in its input array, and can take advantage of
+     * ascending and descending order in different parts of the the same
+     * input array.  It is well-suited to merging two or more sorted arrays:
+     * simply concatenate the arrays and sort the resulting array.
+     *
+     * <p>The implementation was adapted from Tim Peters's list sort for Python
+     * (<a href="http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/Objects/listsort.txt">
+     * TimSort</a>).  It uses techiques from Peter McIlroy's "Optimistic
+     * Sorting and Information Theoretic Complexity", in Proceedings of the
+     * Fourth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, pp 467-474,
+     * January 1993.
      *
      * @param a the array to be sorted
      * @param c the comparator to determine the order of the array.  A
-     *        <tt>null</tt> value indicates that the elements'
+     *        {@code null} value indicates that the elements'
      *        {@linkplain Comparable natural ordering} should be used.
-     * @throws  ClassCastException if the array contains elements that are
-     *          not <i>mutually comparable</i> using the specified comparator.
+     * @throws ClassCastException if the array contains elements that are
+     *         not <i>mutually comparable</i> using the specified comparator
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException (optional) if the comparator is
+     *         found to violate the {@link Comparator} contract
      */
     public static <T> void sort(T[] a, Comparator<? super T> c) {
+        if (LegacyMergeSort.userRequested)
+            legacyMergeSort(a, c);
+        else
+            TimSort.sort(a, c);
+    }
+
+    /** To be removed in a future release. */
+    private static <T> void legacyMergeSort(T[] a, Comparator<? super T> c) {
         T[] aux = a.clone();
         if (c==null)
             mergeSort(aux, a, 0, a.length, 0);
@@ -1226,36 +1359,65 @@
     /**
      * Sorts the specified range of the specified array of objects according
      * to the order induced by the specified comparator.  The range to be
-     * sorted extends from index <tt>fromIndex</tt>, inclusive, to index
-     * <tt>toIndex</tt>, exclusive.  (If <tt>fromIndex==toIndex</tt>, the
+     * sorted extends from index {@code fromIndex}, inclusive, to index
+     * {@code toIndex}, exclusive.  (If {@code fromIndex==toIndex}, the
      * range to be sorted is empty.)  All elements in the range must be
      * <i>mutually comparable</i> by the specified comparator (that is,
-     * <tt>c.compare(e1, e2)</tt> must not throw a <tt>ClassCastException</tt>
-     * for any elements <tt>e1</tt> and <tt>e2</tt> in the range).<p>
+     * {@code c.compare(e1, e2)} must not throw a {@code ClassCastException}
+     * for any elements {@code e1} and {@code e2} in the range).
+     *
+     * <p>This sort is guaranteed to be <i>stable</i>:  equal elements will
+     * not be reordered as a result of the sort.
      *
-     * This sort is guaranteed to be <i>stable</i>:  equal elements will
-     * not be reordered as a result of the sort.<p>
+     * <p>Implementation note: This implementation is a stable, adaptive,
+     * iterative mergesort that requires far fewer than n lg(n) comparisons
+     * when the input array is partially sorted, while offering the
+     * performance of a traditional mergesort when the input array is
+     * randomly ordered.  If the input array is nearly sorted, the
+     * implementation requires approximately n comparisons.  Temporary
+     * storage requirements vary from a small constant for nearly sorted
+     * input arrays to n/2 object references for randomly ordered input
+     * arrays.
      *
-     * The sorting algorithm is a modified mergesort (in which the merge is
-     * omitted if the highest element in the low sublist is less than the
-     * lowest element in the high sublist).  This algorithm offers guaranteed
-     * n*log(n) performance.
+     * <p>The implementation takes equal advantage of ascending and
+     * descending order in its input array, and can take advantage of
+     * ascending and descending order in different parts of the the same
+     * input array.  It is well-suited to merging two or more sorted arrays:
+     * simply concatenate the arrays and sort the resulting array.
+     *
+     * <p>The implementation was adapted from Tim Peters's list sort for Python
+     * (<a href="http://svn.python.org/projects/python/trunk/Objects/listsort.txt">
+     * TimSort</a>).  It uses techiques from Peter McIlroy's "Optimistic
+     * Sorting and Information Theoretic Complexity", in Proceedings of the
+     * Fourth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, pp 467-474,
+     * January 1993.
      *
      * @param a the array to be sorted
      * @param fromIndex the index of the first element (inclusive) to be
      *        sorted
      * @param toIndex the index of the last element (exclusive) to be sorted
      * @param c the comparator to determine the order of the array.  A
-     *        <tt>null</tt> value indicates that the elements'
+     *        {@code null} value indicates that the elements'
      *        {@linkplain Comparable natural ordering} should be used.
      * @throws ClassCastException if the array contains elements that are not
      *         <i>mutually comparable</i> using the specified comparator.
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <tt>fromIndex &gt; toIndex</tt>
-     * @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if <tt>fromIndex &lt; 0</tt> or
-     *         <tt>toIndex &gt; a.length</tt>
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code fromIndex > toIndex} or
+     *         (optional) if the comparator is found to violate the
+     *         {@link Comparator} contract
+     * @throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code fromIndex < 0} or
+     *         {@code toIndex > a.length}
      */
     public static <T> void sort(T[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex,
                                 Comparator<? super T> c) {
+        if (LegacyMergeSort.userRequested)
+            legacyMergeSort(a, fromIndex, toIndex, c);
+        else
+            TimSort.sort(a, fromIndex, toIndex, c);
+    }
+
+    /** To be removed in a future release. */
+    private static <T> void legacyMergeSort(T[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex,
+                                            Comparator<? super T> c) {
         rangeCheck(a.length, fromIndex, toIndex);
         T[] aux = copyOfRange(a, fromIndex, toIndex);
         if (c==null)
@@ -1270,6 +1432,7 @@
      * low is the index in dest to start sorting
      * high is the end index in dest to end sorting
      * off is the offset into src corresponding to low in dest
+     * To be removed in a future release.
      */
     private static void mergeSort(Object[] src,
                                   Object[] dest,