Listing 14: QuickBubbleSorter.java

public class QuickBubbleSorter
{
  private int operations = 0;
  private int length = 0;
  private SortHandle itsSortHandle = null;

  public QuickBubbleSorter(SortHandle handle)
  {
    itsSortHandle = handle;

  }

  public int sort(Object array)
  {
    itsSortHandle.setArray(array);
    length = itsSortHandle.length();
    operations = 0;
    if (length <= 1)
      return operations;

    boolean thisPassInOrder = false;
    for (int nextToLast = length-2; 
         nextToLast >= 0 && !thisPassInOrder; nextToLast--)
    {
      thisPassInOrder = true; //potenially.
      for (int index = 0; index <= nextToLast; index++)
      {
        if (itsSortHandle.outOfOrder(index))
        {
          itsSortHandle.swap(index);
          thisPassInOrder = false;
        }
        operations++;
      }
    }

    return operations;
  }
}