Enum QuickSort.PivotType

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<QuickSort.PivotType>
      QuickSort.PivotType

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<QuickSort.PivotType>

Enclosing class:

QuickSort

public static enum QuickSort.PivotType
extends java.lang.Enum<QuickSort.PivotType>

This enum specifies the pivot type that QuickSort will use. The PivotType enum has the following values:

FirstElement

The pivot is always the first element of the Vector to be sorted.

RandomElement

The pivot is chosen at random from any element in the Vector to be sorted

MidOfFirstMidLastElement

The pivot is chosen to be the element whose value is in the middle among the {first, middle and Last} elements in the Vector to be sorted

Enum Constant Summary

FirstElement

MidOfFirstMidLastElement

RandomElement

Method Summary

static QuickSort.PivotType	valueOf(java.lang.String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static QuickSort.PivotType[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

FirstElement

public static final QuickSort.PivotType FirstElement

RandomElement

public static final QuickSort.PivotType RandomElement

MidOfFirstMidLastElement

public static final QuickSort.PivotType MidOfFirstMidLastElement

Method Detail

values

public static QuickSort.PivotType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (QuickSort.PivotType c : QuickSort.PivotType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static QuickSort.PivotType valueOf(java.lang.String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (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:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null