/** * Copyright © 2014 Mattias Andrée (maandree@member.fsf.org) * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ package algorithms.arrays; import java.util.Random; /** * Bias free array shuffling class using Knuth Shuffle.
* Sattolo Cycle is an improvement of this method. */ public class KnuthShuffle { £>for T in boolean char byte short int long float double Object; do /** * Shuffles an array * * @param array The array to shuffle * @param random The random generator to use */ public static void shuffle(£{T}[] array, Random random) { int i = 0, j; int n = array.length - 1; for (;;) { if (i == n) break; £{T} temp = array[i]; array[i] = array[j = random.nextInt(n - i) + i + 1]; array[j] = temp; i++; } } £>done }