util.Array.sort（）方法调用compareTo（）方法

/**
 * Created by dell on 2021/6/15.
 * 类必须实现Comparable<ClassName：需要进行排序的对象> 的接口，然后实现接口中的方法 compareTo（）方法
 * compareTo()方法：返回值为int 共分为三种，
 * returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less
 * than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
 */
public class Car implements Comparable<Car> {
    private int speed;

    public Car(int speed) {
        this.speed = speed;
    }

    public int getSpeed() {
        return speed;
    }

    public void setSpeed(int speed) {
        this.speed = speed;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Car o) {
        return this.speed-o.speed;
    }
}

 

 

/**
 * Created by dell on 2021/6/15.
 * 测试使用util包的sort方法进行排序的时候，是怎么调用comparetor（）方法的。
 * 测试情况包含两种
 *  1、对象排序
 *  2、二维数组排序
 */
public class TestSort {
    private static Car[] cars=new Car[5];
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        for (int i = 0; i <cars.length ; i++) {
            cars[i]=new Car(5-i);
        }
        Arrays.sort(cars);
    }

}

 以上是背景，对car对象数组使用util.Array.sort()进行排序.

1、调用sort（）方法

/**
     * 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.
     *
     * <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.
     *
     * <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 techniques 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 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, 0, a.length, null, 0, 0);
    }

 /**
     * 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
        //数组长度很小，所以直接走这个分支，然后就返回了
        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;
    }

2、调用countRunAndMakeAscending（）方法

作用：返回一个升序的子数组长度（从begin到runHi），就是在这个方法中用到了我们重写的compareTo（）方法。

/**
     * 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;
    }

3、调用binarySort（）方法

作用：通过countRunAndMakeAscending（）方法可以知道在数组开始的地方有多少是已经排好序的。所以剩下的元素使用二分插入就可以了。

/**
     * 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;
        }
    }

以上方法是排序的数组在32位以内，如果超过32位之后

 /**
     * 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
        //数组长度很小，所以直接走这个分支，然后就返回了
        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;
    }

下面就是使用归并排序的方式。

1、首先调用方法minRunLength（）方法。传入的参数为需要排序的个数。

作用： 计算出一个run的数字。

     *  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.  数字16
     *  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.  [16 ,32] 之间的一个随便数字

/**
     * 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;
    }

2、调用countRunAndMakeAscending（）方法，计算出当前位置升序最大的子数组长度。如果长度小于32则调用二分插入的方法进行排序（排序的长度为force）。

把当前有序的一段子序列的（起始位置、长度）作为一组信息push，进行保存。

3、调用mergeCollapse（）方法进行归并排序

作用：把子序列的（起始位置、长度），分别拿出来进行归并排序。

  /**
     * 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.
     */
    private void mergeCollapse() {
        while (stackSize > 1) {
            int n = stackSize - 2;
            if (n > 0 && runLen[n-1] <= runLen[n] + runLen[n+1]) {
                if (runLen[n - 1] < runLen[n + 1])
                    n--;
                mergeAt(n);
            } else if (runLen[n] <= runLen[n + 1]) {
                mergeAt(n);
            } else {
                break; // Invariant is established
            }
        }
    }