Class Multiway

java.lang.Object

Multiway

public class Multiway
extends java.lang.Object

The Multiway class provides a client for reading in several sorted text files and merging them together into a single sorted text stream. This implementation uses a IndexMinPQ to perform the multiway merge.

For additional documentation, see Section 2.4 of Algorithms, 4th Edition, by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Reads sorted text files specified as command-line arguments; merges them together into a sorted output; and writes the results to standard output.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Reads sorted text files specified as command-line arguments; merges them together into a sorted output; and writes the results to standard output. Note: this client does not check that the input files are sorted.