src/Lucene.Net/Util/IntroSorter.cs

using Lucene.Net.Support;

namespace Lucene.Net.Util
{
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    /// <summary>
    /// <seealso cref="Sorter"/> implementation based on a variant of the quicksort algorithm
    /// called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introsort">introsort</a>: when
    /// the recursion level exceeds the log of the length of the array to sort, it
    /// falls back to heapsort. this prevents quicksort from running into its
    /// worst-case quadratic runtime. Small arrays are sorted with
    /// insertion sort.
    /// @lucene.internal
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class IntroSorter : Sorter
    {
        internal static int CeilLog2(int n)
        {
            //8bits in a byte
            return sizeof(int) * 8 - Number.NumberOfLeadingZeros(n - 1);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create a new <seealso cref="IntroSorter"/>. </summary>
        public IntroSorter()
        {
        }

        public override sealed void Sort(int from, int to)
        {
            CheckRange(from, to);
            Quicksort(from, to, CeilLog2(to - from));
        }

        internal virtual void Quicksort(int from, int to, int maxDepth)
        {
            if (to - from < THRESHOLD)
            {
                InsertionSort(from, to);
                return;
            }
            else if (--maxDepth < 0)
            {
                HeapSort(from, to);
                return;
            }

            int mid = (int)((uint)(from + to) >> 1);

            if (Compare(from, mid) > 0)
            {
                Swap(from, mid);
            }

            if (Compare(mid, to - 1) > 0)
            {
                Swap(mid, to - 1);
                if (Compare(from, mid) > 0)
                {
                    Swap(from, mid);
                }
            }

            int left = from + 1;
            int right = to - 2;

            SetPivot(mid);
            for (; ; )
            {
                while (ComparePivot(right) < 0)
                {
                    --right;
                }

                while (left < right && ComparePivot(left) >= 0)
                {
                    ++left;
                }

                if (left < right)
                {
                    Swap(left, right);
                    --right;
                }
                else
                {
                    break;
                }
            }

            Quicksort(from, left + 1, maxDepth);
            Quicksort(left + 1, to, maxDepth);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Save the value at slot <code>i</code> so that it can later be used as a
        /// pivot, see <seealso cref="#comparePivot(int)"/>.
        /// </summary>
        protected abstract void SetPivot(int i);

        /// <summary>
        /// Compare the pivot with the slot at <code>j</code>, similarly to
        ///  <seealso cref="#compare(int, int) compare(i, j)"/>.
        /// </summary>
        protected abstract int ComparePivot(int j);
    }
}