Package com.irurueta.sorting

Enum Class SortingMethod

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<SortingMethod>

com.irurueta.sorting.SortingMethod

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<SortingMethod>, Constable

public enum SortingMethod
extends Enum<SortingMethod>

Enumerator containing different algorithms for sorting arrays of data.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
HEAPSORT_SORTING_METHOD	Sorts data using Heapsort algorithm.
QUICKSORT_SORTING_METHOD	Sorts data using Quicksort algorithm.
SHELL_SORTING_METHOD	Sorts data using Shell's sorting algorithm.
STRAIGHT_INSERTION_SORTING_METHOD	Sorts data by using a straight insertion algorithm.
SYSTEM_SORTING_METHOD	Uses Java SDK sorting algorithm.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	SortingMethod()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static SortingMethod	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static SortingMethod[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

STRAIGHT_INSERTION_SORTING_METHOD

public static final SortingMethod STRAIGHT_INSERTION_SORTING_METHOD

Sorts data by using a straight insertion algorithm. This is a simple yet slow algorithm for sorting, although for small arrays might be fast enough.

SHELL_SORTING_METHOD

public static final SortingMethod SHELL_SORTING_METHOD

Sorts data using Shell's sorting algorithm. This algorithm is an improvement over the straight insertion algorithm to achieve faster results.

QUICKSORT_SORTING_METHOD

public static final SortingMethod QUICKSORT_SORTING_METHOD

Sorts data using Quicksort algorithm. This is the fastest algorithm in average for sorting arrays of any size.

HEAPSORT_SORTING_METHOD

public static final SortingMethod HEAPSORT_SORTING_METHOD

Sorts data using Heapsort algorithm. This algorithm is based on the idea of sorted trees, and performs better than straight insertions.

SYSTEM_SORTING_METHOD

public static final SortingMethod SYSTEM_SORTING_METHOD

Uses Java SDK sorting algorithm. Performance depends on SDK implementation and functionality is limited to sorting only (indices cannot be retrieved).

Constructor Details

SortingMethod

private SortingMethod()

Method Details

values

public static SortingMethod[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static SortingMethod valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null