package com.thealgorithms.searches; import com.thealgorithms.devutils.searches.SearchAlgorithm; /** * The UpperBound method is used to return an index pointing to the first * element in the range [first, last) which has a value greater than val, or the * last index if no such element exists i.e. the index of the next smallest * number just greater than that number. If there are multiple values that are * equal to val it returns the index of the first such value. * *

* This is an extension of BinarySearch. * *

* Worst-case performance O(log n) Best-case performance O(1) Average * performance O(log n) Worst-case space complexity O(1) * * @author Pratik Padalia (https://github.com/15pratik) * @see SearchAlgorithm * @see BinarySearch */ class UpperBound implements SearchAlgorithm { /** * @param array is an array where the UpperBound value is to be found * @param key is an element for which the UpperBound is to be found * @param is any comparable type * @return index of the UpperBound element */ @Override public > int find(T[] array, T key) { return search(array, key, 0, array.length - 1); } /** * This method implements the Generic Binary Search * * @param array The array to make the binary search * @param key The number you are looking for * @param left The lower bound * @param right The upper bound * @return the location of the key */ private > int search(T[] array, T key, int left, int right) { if (right <= left) { return left; } // find median int median = (left + right) >>> 1; int comp = key.compareTo(array[median]); if (comp < 0) { // key is smaller, median position can be a possible solution return search(array, key, left, median); } else { // key we are looking is greater, so we must look on the right of median position return search(array, key, median + 1, right); } } }