Bubble sort using two Stacks

Prerequisite : Bubble Sort
Write a function that sort an array of integers using stacks and also uses bubble sort paradigm.

Recommended: Please try your approach on {IDE} first, before moving on to the solution.

Algorithm:

1. Push all elements of array in 1st stack

2. Run a loop for 'n' times(n is size of array)
   having the following :
   2.a. Keep on pushing elements in the 2nd 
        stack till the top of second stack is 
        smaller than element being pushed from 
        1st stack.
   2.b. If the element being pushed is smaller 
        than top of 2nd stack  then swap them
        (as in bubble sort)
   *Do above steps alternatively

TRICKY STEP: Once a stack is empty, then the 
top of the next stack will be the largest 
number so keep it at its position in array 
i.e arr[len-1-i] and then pop it from that 
stack.

// Java program for bubble sort 
// using stack 
  
import java.util.Arrays; 
import java.util.Stack; 
  
public class Test  
{ 
    // Method for bubble sort using Stack 
    static void bubbleSortStack(int arr[], int n) 
    { 
        Stack<Integer> s1 = new Stack<>(); 
          
        // Push all elements of array in 1st stack 
        for (int num : arr) 
            s1.push(num);        
          
        Stack<Integer> s2 = new Stack<>(); 
          
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)  
        { 
            // alternatively 
            if (i % 2 == 0) 
            { 
                while (!s1.isEmpty()) 
                { 
                    int t = s1.pop(); 
                      
                    if (s2.isEmpty()) 
                        s2.push(t);                     
                    else 
                    { 
                        if (s2.peek() > t) 
                        { 
                            // swapping 
                            int temp = s2.pop(); 
                            s2.push(t); 
                            s2.push(temp); 
                        } 
                        else
                        { 
                            s2.push(t); 
                        } 
                    } 
                } 
                  
                // tricky step 
                arr[n-1-i] = s2.pop(); 
            }             
            else
            { 
                while(!s2.isEmpty()) 
                { 
                    int t = s2.pop(); 
                      
                    if (s1.isEmpty()) 
                        s1.push(t); 
                      
                    else 
                    { 
                        if (s1.peek() > t) 
                        { 
                            // swapping 
                            int temp = s1.pop(); 
                              
                            s1.push(t); 
                            s1.push(temp); 
                        } 
                        else
                            s1.push(t); 
                    } 
                } 
                  
                // tricky step 
                arr[n-1-i] = s1.pop(); 
            } 
        }         
        System.out.println(Arrays.toString(arr)); 
    } 
      
    // Driver Method 
    public static void main(String[] args)  
    { 
        int arr[] = {15, 12, 44, 2, 5, 10};        
        bubbleSortStack(arr, arr.length); 
    } 
} 

Output:

[2, 5, 10, 12, 15, 44]

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