private static void mergeSort(Object[] src, Object[] dest, int low, int high, int off) { 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 && ((Comparable) dest[j-1]).compareTo(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); mergeSort(dest, src, mid, high, -off); // 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 (((Comparable)src[mid-1]).compareTo(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 && ((Comparable)src[p]).compareTo(src[q])<=0) dest[i] = src[p++]; else dest[i] = src[q++]; } }