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Java 8 introduced a new method called as parallelSort() in java.util.Arrays Class. It uses Parallel Sorting of array elements

Algorithm of parallelSort()

1. The array is divided into sub-arrays and that 
   sub-arrays is again divided into their sub-arrays, 
   until the minimum level of detail in a set of array.
2. Arrays are sorted individually by multiple thread. 
3. The parallel sort uses Fork/Join Concept for sorting.
4. Sorted sub-arrays are then merged.

Syntax :

  1. For sorting data in ascending order :
    public static void parallelSort(Object obj[])
    
  2. For sorting data in specified range in ascending order :
    public static void parallelSort(Object obj[], int from, int to)

Advantage :
parallelSort() method uses concept of MultiThreading which makes the sorting faster as compared to normal sorting method.

Example

Below are the program that will illustrate the use of Arrays.parallelSort():

Program 1: To demonstrate use of Parallel Sort




// Java program to demonstrate
// Arrays.parallelSort() method
  
import java.util.Arrays;
  
public class ParallelSort {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        // Creating an array
        int numbers[] = { 9, 8, 7, 6, 3, 1 };
  
        // Printing unsorted Array
        System.out.print("Unsorted Array: ");
        // Iterating the Elements using stream
        Arrays.stream(numbers)
            .forEach(n -> System.out.print(n + " "));
        System.out.println();
  
        // Using Arrays.parallelSort()
        Arrays.parallelSort(numbers);
  
        // Printing sorted Array
        System.out.print("Sorted Array: ");
        // Iterating the Elements using stream
        Arrays.stream(numbers)
            .forEach(n -> System.out.print(n + " "));
    }
}


Output:

Unsorted Array: 9 8 7 6 3 1 
Sorted Array: 1 3 6 7 8 9

Time Complexity is O(nlogn)

Program 2: To demonstrate use of Parallel Sort w.r.t. Series Sort (Normal Sort)




// Java program to demonstrate impact 
// of Parallel Sort vs Serial Sort 
  
import java.util.Arrays; 
import java.util.Random; 
  
public class ParallelSort { 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    
        // Creating an array 
        int numbers[] = new int[100]; 
  
        // Iterating Loop till i = 1000 
        // with interval of 10 
        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i += 10) { 
  
            System.out.println("\nFor iteration number: "
                            + (i / 10 + 1)); 
  
            // Random Int Array Generation 
            Random rand = new Random(); 
  
            for (int j = 0; j < 100; j++) { 
                numbers[j] = rand.nextInt(); 
            
  
            // Start and End Time of Arrays.sort() 
            long startTime = System.nanoTime(); 
  
            // Performing Serial Sort 
            Arrays.sort(numbers); 
  
            long endTime = System.nanoTime(); 
  
            // Printing result of Serial Sort 
            System.out.println("Start and End Time in Serial (in ns): "
                            + startTime + ":" + endTime); 
            System.out.println("Time taken by Serial Sort(in ns): "
                            + (endTime - startTime)); 
  
            // Start and End Time of Arrays.parallelSort() 
            startTime = System.nanoTime(); 
  
            // Performing Parallel Sort 
            Arrays.parallelSort(numbers); 
  
            endTime = System.nanoTime(); 
  
            // Printing result of Parallel Sort 
            System.out.println("Start and End Time in parallel (in ns): "
                            + startTime + ":" + endTime); 
            System.out.println("Time taken by Parallel Sort(in ns): "
                            + (endTime - startTime)); 
            System.out.println(); 
        
    


Output:

For iteration number: 1
Start and End Time in Serial (in ns): 3951000637977:3951000870361
Time taken by Serial Sort(in ns): 232384
Start and End Time in parallel (in ns): 3951000960823:3951000971044
Time taken by Parallel Sort(in ns): 10221


For iteration number: 2
Start and End Time in Serial (in ns): 3951001142284:3951001201757
Time taken by Serial Sort(in ns): 59473
Start and End Time in parallel (in ns): 3951001256643:3951001264039
Time taken by Parallel Sort(in ns): 7396
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For iteration number: 99
Start and End Time in Serial (in ns): 3951050723541:3951050731520
Time taken by Serial Sort(in ns): 7979
Start and End Time in parallel (in ns): 3951050754238:3951050756130
Time taken by Parallel Sort(in ns): 1892


For iteration number: 100
Start and End Time in Serial (in ns): 3951050798392:3951050804741
Time taken by Serial Sort(in ns): 6349
Start and End Time in parallel (in ns): 3951050828544:3951050830582
Time taken by Parallel Sort(in ns): 2038

Note : Different time intervals will be printed But parallel sort will be done before normal sort.

Environment: 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7, java version 8



Last Updated : 11 Dec, 2018
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