Below is a generic example of the Insertion Sort algorithm in Java. See the Insertion Sort page for more information and implementations.
public class InsertionSortGeneric<T extends Comparable<? super T>> { public static void main(String[] args) { // example using Strings String[] arrayOfStrings = {"Andree", "Leana", "Faviola", "Loyce", "Quincy", "Milo", "Jamila", "Toccara", "Nelda", "Blair", "Ernestine", "Chara", "Kareen", "Monty", "Rene", "Cami", "Winifred", "Tara", "Demetrice", "Azucena"}; InsertionSortGeneric<String> stringSorter = new InsertionSortGeneric<>(); stringSorter.insertionSort(arrayOfStrings); System.out.println(java.util.Arrays.toString(arrayOfStrings)); // example using Doubles Double[] arrayOfDoubles = {0.35, 0.02, 0.36, 0.82, 0.27, 0.49, 0.41, 0.17, 0.30, 0.89, 0.37, 0.66, 0.82, 0.17, 0.20, 0.96, 0.18, 0.25, 0.37, 0.52}; InsertionSortGeneric<Double> doubleSorter = new InsertionSortGeneric<>(); doubleSorter.insertionSort(arrayOfDoubles); System.out.println(java.util.Arrays.toString(arrayOfDoubles)); } void insertionSort(T[] array) { // start at the first index and iterate through to the end for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) { int currentIndex = i; /* * Check: * 1. that currentIndex is at least 1 * 2. that the item directly before the currentIndex is greater than the item at currentIndex * * If both conditions are met, swap the indexes */ while (currentIndex > 0 && array[currentIndex - 1].compareTo(array[currentIndex]) > 0) { T temp = array[currentIndex]; array[currentIndex] = array[currentIndex - 1]; array[currentIndex - 1] = temp; currentIndex--; } } } }