java比较器Comparator原理笔记

部分为个人猜测，因为没太多时间详细分析，有误希望大佬来指正。

以下是代码追踪。

Collections.sort(list, new MyComparator());
//MyComparator为实现了Comparator接口的比较器，list为一个Arraylist数组。

//这里底层调用的是Arraylist.sort,如下
    public void sort(Comparator<? super E> c) {
        final int expectedModCount = modCount;
        Arrays.sort((E[]) elementData, 0, size, c);
        if (modCount != expectedModCount) {
            throw new ConcurrentModificationException();
        }
        modCount++;
    }

//Arraylist.sort()方法里又调用了 Arrays.sort，如下
  public static <T> void sort(T[] a, int fromIndex, int toIndex,
                                Comparator<? super T> c) {
        if (c == null) {
            sort(a, fromIndex, toIndex);
        } else {
            rangeCheck(a.length, fromIndex, toIndex);
            if (LegacyMergeSort.userRequested)
                legacyMergeSort(a, fromIndex, toIndex, c);
            else
                TimSort.sort(a, fromIndex, toIndex, c, null, 0, 0);
        }
    }
//最终调用的是TimSort.sort，这是最核心的调用方法
    static <T> void sort(T[] a, int lo, int hi, Comparator<? super T> c,
                         T[] work, int workBase, int workLen) {
        assert c != null && 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, c);
            binarySort(a, lo, hi, lo + initRunLen, c);
            return;
        }

经过上面代码追踪可以发现最核心的代码TimSort.sort方法，如下

    static <T> void sort(T[] a, int lo, int hi, Comparator<? super T> c,
                         T[] work, int workBase, int workLen) {
        assert c != null && 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, c);
            binarySort(a, lo, hi, lo + initRunLen, c);
            return;
        }

TimSort.sort方法里有两个核心方法

 int initRunLen = countRunAndMakeAscending(a, lo, hi, c);//负责查出数组一直到第几个数为止有序。（ps：为后面start做准备，并且减少无用的比较。）
          

 private static <T> int countRunAndMakeAscending(T[] a, int lo, int hi,
                                                    Comparator<? super T> c) {
        assert lo < hi;
        int runHi = lo + 1;
        if (runHi == hi)
            return 1;

        // Find end of run, and reverse range if descending
        if (c.compare(a[runHi++], a[lo]) < 0) { // Descending
            while (runHi < hi && c.compare(a[runHi], a[runHi - 1]) < 0)
                runHi++;
            reverseRange(a, lo, runHi);
        } else {                              // Ascending
            while (runHi < hi && c.compare(a[runHi], a[runHi - 1]) >= 0)
                runHi++;
        }

        return runHi - lo;
    }

binarySort(a, lo, hi, lo + initRunLen, c);//对数组进行排序。

/*1、从start开始，pivot=array[start]，对每个数值进行二分查找法，二分查找的数组范围是已经有序的数组，

*2、当查到最适合的位置index时，将start-1到index范围内的数组值向后移动一位(变成index+1~start)，把pivot的值赋予array[index]。实现交换

*3、start++然后执行1，2步骤直到数组结束。

*/

    private static <T> void binarySort(T[] a, int lo, int hi, int start,
                                       Comparator<? super T> c) {
        assert lo <= start && start <= hi;
        if (start == lo)
            start++;
        for ( ; start < hi; start++) {
            T pivot = 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 (c.compare(pivot, 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;
        }
    }

综上分析:可推测Comparator实现比较器的底层是使用二分查找法得出数值的实际位置，比较方面是调用c.compare。