1 // -*- c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode:nil -*-
2 // vim: set ts=4 sts=4 sw=4 et:
3 /* This file is part of the KDE project
4 Copyright (C) 2000 David Faure <faure@kde.org>
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20 #ifndef __kinsertionsort_h
21 #define __kinsertionsort_h
24 * A template-based insertion sort algorithm, but not really 100%
25 * generic. It is mostly written for lists, not for arrays.
27 * A good reason to use insertion sort over faster algorithms like
28 * heap sort or quick sort, is that it minimizes the number of
29 * movements of the items. This is important in applications which support
30 * undo, because the number of commands is kept to a minimum.
33 // Item must define isNull(), previousSibling(), nextSibling()
34 // SortHelper must define moveAfter( const Item &, const Item & )
35 // Criteria must define static Key key(const Item &)
36 template <class Item
, class Criteria
, class Key
, class SortHelper
>
37 inline void kInsertionSort( Item
& firstChild
, SortHelper
& sortHelper
)
39 if (firstChild
.isNull()) return;
40 Item j
= firstChild
.nextSibling();
43 Key key
= Criteria::key(j
);
44 // Insert A[j] into the sorted sequence A[1..j-1]
45 Item i
= j
.previousSibling();
47 while ( !i
.isNull() && Criteria::key(i
) > key
)
49 i
= i
.previousSibling();
53 sortHelper
.moveAfter( j
, i
); // move j right after i. If i is null, move to first position.