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-## Test Cases
+### Test Cases
Run the task "test":
```shell
./gradlew test
```
+
+## TimSort
+
+Imported from
+- src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/TimSort.java
+- src/java.base/share/classes/java/util/ComparableTimSort.java
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/ComparableTimSort.java b/app/src/main/java/de/uni_marburg/powersort/ComparableTimSort.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2009 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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+ *
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+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
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+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package de.uni_marburg.powersort;
+
+/**
+ * This is a near duplicate of {@link TimSort}, modified for use with
+ * arrays of objects that implement {@link Comparable}, instead of using
+ * explicit comparators.
+ *
+ *
If you are using an optimizing VM, you may find that ComparableTimSort
+ * offers no performance benefit over TimSort in conjunction with a
+ * comparator that simply returns {@code ((Comparable)first).compareTo(Second)}.
+ * If this is the case, you are better off deleting ComparableTimSort to
+ * eliminate the code duplication. (See Arrays.java for details.)
+ *
+ * @author Josh Bloch
+ */
+class ComparableTimSort {
+ /**
+ * This is the minimum sized sequence that will be merged. Shorter
+ * sequences will be lengthened by calling binarySort. If the entire
+ * array is less than this length, no merges will be performed.
+ *
+ * This constant should be a power of two. It was 64 in Tim Peter's C
+ * implementation, but 32 was empirically determined to work better in
+ * this implementation. In the unlikely event that you set this constant
+ * to be a number that's not a power of two, you'll need to change the
+ * {@link #minRunLength} computation.
+ *
+ * If you decrease this constant, you must change the stackLen
+ * computation in the TimSort constructor, or you risk an
+ * ArrayOutOfBounds exception. See listsort.txt for a discussion
+ * of the minimum stack length required as a function of the length
+ * of the array being sorted and the minimum merge sequence length.
+ */
+ private static final int MIN_MERGE = 32;
+
+ /**
+ * The array being sorted.
+ */
+ private final Object[] a;
+
+ /**
+ * When we get into galloping mode, we stay there until both runs win less
+ * often than MIN_GALLOP consecutive times.
+ */
+ private static final int MIN_GALLOP = 7;
+
+ /**
+ * This controls when we get *into* galloping mode. It is initialized
+ * to MIN_GALLOP. The mergeLo and mergeHi methods nudge it higher for
+ * random data, and lower for highly structured data.
+ */
+ private int minGallop = MIN_GALLOP;
+
+ /**
+ * Maximum initial size of tmp array, which is used for merging. The array
+ * can grow to accommodate demand.
+ *
+ * Unlike Tim's original C version, we do not allocate this much storage
+ * when sorting smaller arrays. This change was required for performance.
+ */
+ private static final int INITIAL_TMP_STORAGE_LENGTH = 256;
+
+ /**
+ * Temp storage for merges. A workspace array may optionally be
+ * provided in constructor, and if so will be used as long as it
+ * is big enough.
+ */
+ private Object[] tmp;
+ private int tmpBase; // base of tmp array slice
+ private int tmpLen; // length of tmp array slice
+
+ /**
+ * A stack of pending runs yet to be merged. Run i starts at
+ * address base[i] and extends for len[i] elements. It's always
+ * true (so long as the indices are in bounds) that:
+ *
+ * runBase[i] + runLen[i] == runBase[i + 1]
+ *
+ * so we could cut the storage for this, but it's a minor amount,
+ * and keeping all the info explicit simplifies the code.
+ */
+ private int stackSize = 0; // Number of pending runs on stack
+ private final int[] runBase;
+ private final int[] runLen;
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a TimSort instance to maintain the state of an ongoing sort.
+ *
+ * @param a the array to be sorted
+ * @param work a workspace array (slice)
+ * @param workBase origin of usable space in work array
+ * @param workLen usable size of work array
+ */
+ private ComparableTimSort(Object[] a, Object[] work, int workBase, int workLen) {
+ this.a = a;
+
+ // Allocate temp storage (which may be increased later if necessary)
+ int len = a.length;
+ int tlen = (len < 2 * INITIAL_TMP_STORAGE_LENGTH) ?
+ len >>> 1 : INITIAL_TMP_STORAGE_LENGTH;
+ if (work == null || workLen < tlen || workBase + tlen > work.length) {
+ tmp = new Object[tlen];
+ tmpBase = 0;
+ tmpLen = tlen;
+ }
+ else {
+ tmp = work;
+ tmpBase = workBase;
+ tmpLen = workLen;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Allocate runs-to-be-merged stack (which cannot be expanded). The
+ * stack length requirements are described in listsort.txt. The C
+ * version always uses the same stack length (85), but this was
+ * measured to be too expensive when sorting "mid-sized" arrays (e.g.,
+ * 100 elements) in Java. Therefore, we use smaller (but sufficiently
+ * large) stack lengths for smaller arrays. The "magic numbers" in the
+ * computation below must be changed if MIN_MERGE is decreased. See
+ * the MIN_MERGE declaration above for more information.
+ * The maximum value of 49 allows for an array up to length
+ * Integer.MAX_VALUE-4, if array is filled by the worst case stack size
+ * increasing scenario. More explanations are given in section 4 of:
+ * http://envisage-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sorting.pdf
+ */
+ int stackLen = (len < 120 ? 5 :
+ len < 1542 ? 10 :
+ len < 119151 ? 24 : 49);
+ runBase = new int[stackLen];
+ runLen = new int[stackLen];
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * The next method (package private and static) constitutes the
+ * entire API of this class.
+ */
+
+ /**
+ * Sorts the given range, using the given workspace array slice
+ * for temp storage when possible. This method is designed to be
+ * invoked from public methods (in class Arrays) after performing
+ * any necessary array bounds checks and expanding parameters into
+ * the required forms.
+ *
+ * @param a the array to be sorted
+ * @param lo the index of the first element, inclusive, to be sorted
+ * @param hi the index of the last element, exclusive, to be sorted
+ * @param work a workspace array (slice)
+ * @param workBase origin of usable space in work array
+ * @param workLen usable size of work array
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+ static void sort(Object[] a, int lo, int hi, Object[] work, int workBase, int workLen) {
+ assert a != null && lo >= 0 && lo <= hi && hi <= a.length;
+
+ int nRemaining = hi - lo;
+ if (nRemaining < 2)
+ return; // Arrays of size 0 and 1 are always sorted
+
+ // If array is small, do a "mini-TimSort" with no merges
+ if (nRemaining < MIN_MERGE) {
+ int initRunLen = countRunAndMakeAscending(a, lo, hi);
+ binarySort(a, lo, hi, lo + initRunLen);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * March over the array once, left to right, finding natural runs,
+ * extending short natural runs to minRun elements, and merging runs
+ * to maintain stack invariant.
+ */
+ ComparableTimSort ts = new ComparableTimSort(a, work, workBase, workLen);
+ int minRun = minRunLength(nRemaining);
+ do {
+ // Identify next run
+ int runLen = countRunAndMakeAscending(a, lo, hi);
+
+ // If run is short, extend to min(minRun, nRemaining)
+ if (runLen < minRun) {
+ int force = nRemaining <= minRun ? nRemaining : minRun;
+ binarySort(a, lo, lo + force, lo + runLen);
+ runLen = force;
+ }
+
+ // Push run onto pending-run stack, and maybe merge
+ ts.pushRun(lo, runLen);
+ ts.mergeCollapse();
+
+ // Advance to find next run
+ lo += runLen;
+ nRemaining -= runLen;
+ } while (nRemaining != 0);
+
+ // Merge all remaining runs to complete sort
+ assert lo == hi;
+ ts.mergeForceCollapse();
+ assert ts.stackSize == 1;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Sorts the specified portion of the specified array using a binary
+ * insertion sort. This is the best method for sorting small numbers
+ * of elements. It requires O(n log n) compares, but O(n^2) data
+ * movement (worst case).
+ *
+ * If the initial part of the specified range is already sorted,
+ * this method can take advantage of it: the method assumes that the
+ * elements from index {@code lo}, inclusive, to {@code start},
+ * exclusive are already sorted.
+ *
+ * @param a the array in which a range is to be sorted
+ * @param lo the index of the first element in the range to be sorted
+ * @param hi the index after the last element in the range to be sorted
+ * @param start the index of the first element in the range that is
+ * not already known to be sorted ({@code lo <= start <= hi})
+ */
+ @SuppressWarnings({"fallthrough", "rawtypes", "unchecked"})
+ private static void binarySort(Object[] a, int lo, int hi, int start) {
+ assert lo <= start && start <= hi;
+ if (start == lo)
+ start++;
+ for ( ; start < hi; start++) {
+ Comparable pivot = (Comparable) a[start];
+
+ // Set left (and right) to the index where a[start] (pivot) belongs
+ int left = lo;
+ int right = start;
+ assert left <= right;
+ /*
+ * Invariants:
+ * pivot >= all in [lo, left).
+ * pivot < all in [right, start).
+ */
+ while (left < right) {
+ int mid = (left + right) >>> 1;
+ if (pivot.compareTo(a[mid]) < 0)
+ right = mid;
+ else
+ left = mid + 1;
+ }
+ assert left == right;
+
+ /*
+ * The invariants still hold: pivot >= all in [lo, left) and
+ * pivot < all in [left, start), so pivot belongs at left. Note
+ * that if there are elements equal to pivot, left points to the
+ * first slot after them -- that's why this sort is stable.
+ * Slide elements over to make room for pivot.
+ */
+ int n = start - left; // The number of elements to move
+ // Switch is just an optimization for arraycopy in default case
+ switch (n) {
+ case 2: a[left + 2] = a[left + 1];
+ case 1: a[left + 1] = a[left];
+ break;
+ default: System.arraycopy(a, left, a, left + 1, n);
+ }
+ a[left] = pivot;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the length of the run beginning at the specified position in
+ * the specified array and reverses the run if it is descending (ensuring
+ * that the run will always be ascending when the method returns).
+ *
+ * A run is the longest ascending sequence with:
+ *
+ * a[lo] <= a[lo + 1] <= a[lo + 2] <= ...
+ *
+ * or the longest descending sequence with:
+ *
+ * a[lo] > a[lo + 1] > a[lo + 2] > ...
+ *
+ * For its intended use in a stable mergesort, the strictness of the
+ * definition of "descending" is needed so that the call can safely
+ * reverse a descending sequence without violating stability.
+ *
+ * @param a the array in which a run is to be counted and possibly reversed
+ * @param lo index of the first element in the run
+ * @param hi index after the last element that may be contained in the run.
+ * It is required that {@code lo < hi}.
+ * @return the length of the run beginning at the specified position in
+ * the specified array
+ */
+ @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
+ private static int countRunAndMakeAscending(Object[] a, int lo, int hi) {
+ assert lo < hi;
+ int runHi = lo + 1;
+ if (runHi == hi)
+ return 1;
+
+ // Find end of run, and reverse range if descending
+ if (((Comparable) a[runHi++]).compareTo(a[lo]) < 0) { // Descending
+ while (runHi < hi && ((Comparable) a[runHi]).compareTo(a[runHi - 1]) < 0)
+ runHi++;
+ reverseRange(a, lo, runHi);
+ } else { // Ascending
+ while (runHi < hi && ((Comparable) a[runHi]).compareTo(a[runHi - 1]) >= 0)
+ runHi++;
+ }
+
+ return runHi - lo;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Reverse the specified range of the specified array.
+ *
+ * @param a the array in which a range is to be reversed
+ * @param lo the index of the first element in the range to be reversed
+ * @param hi the index after the last element in the range to be reversed
+ */
+ private static void reverseRange(Object[] a, int lo, int hi) {
+ hi--;
+ while (lo < hi) {
+ Object t = a[lo];
+ a[lo++] = a[hi];
+ a[hi--] = t;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the minimum acceptable run length for an array of the specified
+ * length. Natural runs shorter than this will be extended with
+ * {@link #binarySort}.
+ *
+ * Roughly speaking, the computation is:
+ *
+ * If n < MIN_MERGE, return n (it's too small to bother with fancy stuff).
+ * Else if n is an exact power of 2, return MIN_MERGE/2.
+ * Else return an int k, MIN_MERGE/2 <= k <= MIN_MERGE, such that n/k
+ * is close to, but strictly less than, an exact power of 2.
+ *
+ * For the rationale, see listsort.txt.
+ *
+ * @param n the length of the array to be sorted
+ * @return the length of the minimum run to be merged
+ */
+ private static int minRunLength(int n) {
+ assert n >= 0;
+ int r = 0; // Becomes 1 if any 1 bits are shifted off
+ while (n >= MIN_MERGE) {
+ r |= (n & 1);
+ n >>= 1;
+ }
+ return n + r;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Pushes the specified run onto the pending-run stack.
+ *
+ * @param runBase index of the first element in the run
+ * @param runLen the number of elements in the run
+ */
+ private void pushRun(int runBase, int runLen) {
+ this.runBase[stackSize] = runBase;
+ this.runLen[stackSize] = runLen;
+ stackSize++;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Examines the stack of runs waiting to be merged and merges adjacent runs
+ * until the stack invariants are reestablished:
+ *
+ * 1. runLen[i - 3] > runLen[i - 2] + runLen[i - 1]
+ * 2. runLen[i - 2] > runLen[i - 1]
+ *
+ * This method is called each time a new run is pushed onto the stack,
+ * so the invariants are guaranteed to hold for i < stackSize upon
+ * entry to the method.
+ *
+ * Thanks to Stijn de Gouw, Jurriaan Rot, Frank S. de Boer,
+ * Richard Bubel and Reiner Hahnle, this is fixed with respect to
+ * the analysis in "On the Worst-Case Complexity of TimSort" by
+ * Nicolas Auger, Vincent Jug, Cyril Nicaud, and Carine Pivoteau.
+ */
+ private void mergeCollapse() {
+ while (stackSize > 1) {
+ int n = stackSize - 2;
+ if (n > 0 && runLen[n-1] <= runLen[n] + runLen[n+1] ||
+ n > 1 && runLen[n-2] <= runLen[n] + runLen[n-1]) {
+ if (runLen[n - 1] < runLen[n + 1])
+ n--;
+ } else if (n < 0 || runLen[n] > runLen[n + 1]) {
+ break; // Invariant is established
+ }
+ mergeAt(n);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Merges all runs on the stack until only one remains. This method is
+ * called once, to complete the sort.
+ */
+ private void mergeForceCollapse() {
+ while (stackSize > 1) {
+ int n = stackSize - 2;
+ if (n > 0 && runLen[n - 1] < runLen[n + 1])
+ n--;
+ mergeAt(n);
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Merges the two runs at stack indices i and i+1. Run i must be
+ * the penultimate or antepenultimate run on the stack. In other words,
+ * i must be equal to stackSize-2 or stackSize-3.
+ *
+ * @param i stack index of the first of the two runs to merge
+ */
+ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+ private void mergeAt(int i) {
+ assert stackSize >= 2;
+ assert i >= 0;
+ assert i == stackSize - 2 || i == stackSize - 3;
+
+ int base1 = runBase[i];
+ int len1 = runLen[i];
+ int base2 = runBase[i + 1];
+ int len2 = runLen[i + 1];
+ assert len1 > 0 && len2 > 0;
+ assert base1 + len1 == base2;
+
+ /*
+ * Record the length of the combined runs; if i is the 3rd-last
+ * run now, also slide over the last run (which isn't involved
+ * in this merge). The current run (i+1) goes away in any case.
+ */
+ runLen[i] = len1 + len2;
+ if (i == stackSize - 3) {
+ runBase[i + 1] = runBase[i + 2];
+ runLen[i + 1] = runLen[i + 2];
+ }
+ stackSize--;
+
+ /*
+ * Find where the first element of run2 goes in run1. Prior elements
+ * in run1 can be ignored (because they're already in place).
+ */
+ int k = gallopRight((Comparable