Add input validation and clarify sorted array requirement in Binary Search (#7216)

Added input validation and clarify sorted array rrequirement in Binary Search
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SwaatiR
2026-01-18 21:31:01 +05:30
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commit 79cdb98193

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@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import com.thealgorithms.devutils.searches.SearchAlgorithm;
/**
* Binary search is one of the most popular algorithms The algorithm finds the
* position of a target value within a sorted array
*
* IMPORTANT
* This algorithm works correctly only if the input array is sorted
* in ascending order.
* <p>
* Worst-case performance O(log n) Best-case performance O(1) Average
* performance O(log n) Worst-case space complexity O(1)
@@ -25,6 +27,9 @@ class BinarySearch implements SearchAlgorithm {
*/
@Override
public <T extends Comparable<T>> int find(T[] array, T key) {
if (array == null || array.length == 0) {
return -1;
}
return search(array, key, 0, array.length - 1);
}