改进版的合并排序

下面是改进版的合并排序，下面是jdk1.7的源码部分

执行步骤如下：

（1）如果比较的长度小于INSERTIONSORT_THRESHOLD插入排序的阈值，直接调用传统的插入排序进行比较

（2）当大于插入排序的阈值时，采用合并排序算法，这里有个改进的地方，红色加亮部分，如果已经排好序的，不再进行比较，而是直接复制过去，提高效率

 private static void mergeSort(Object[] src,
                                  Object[] dest,
                                  int low, int high, int off,
                                  Comparator c) {
        int length = high - low;

        // Insertion sort on smallest arrays
        if (length < INSERTIONSORT_THRESHOLD) {
            for (int i=low; i<high; i++)
                for (int j=i; j>low && c.compare(dest[j-1], dest[j])>0; j--)
                    swap(dest, j, j-1);
            return;
        }

        // Recursively sort halves of dest into src
        int destLow  = low;
        int destHigh = high;
        low  += off;
        high += off;
        int mid = (low + high) >>> 1;
        mergeSort(dest, src, low, mid, -off, c);
        mergeSort(dest, src, mid, high, -off, c);
　　　//改进地方
        // If list is already sorted, just copy from src to dest.  This is an
        // optimization that results in faster sorts for nearly ordered lists.
        if (c.compare(src[mid-1], src[mid]) <= 0) {
           System.arraycopy(src, low, dest, destLow, length);
           return;
        }

        // Merge sorted halves (now in src) into dest
        for(int i = destLow, p = low, q = mid; i < destHigh; i++) {
            if (q >= high || p < mid && c.compare(src[p], src[q]) <= 0)
                dest[i] = src[p++];
            else
                dest[i] = src[q++];
        }
    }

改进版的合并排序

原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/wzyxidian/p/5215203.html