package com.thealgorithms.backtracking;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Finds all permutations of given array
* @author Alan Piao (https://github.com/cpiao3)
*/
public class Permutation {
/**
* Find all permutations of given array using backtracking
* @param arr the array.
* @param <T> the type of elements in the array.
* @return a list of all permutations.
*/
public static <T> List<T[]> permutation(T[] arr) {
T[] array = arr.clone();
List<T[]> result = new LinkedList<>();
backtracking(array, 0, result);
return result;
}
/**
* Backtrack all possible orders of a given array
* @param arr the array.
* @param index the starting index.
* @param result the list contains all permutations.
* @param <T> the type of elements in the array.
*/
private static <T> void backtracking(T[] arr, int index, List<T[]> result) {
if (index == arr.length) {
result.add(arr.clone());
}
for (int i = index; i < arr.length; i++) {
swap(index, i, arr);
backtracking(arr, index + 1, result);
swap(index, i, arr);
}
}
/**
* Swap two element for a given array
* @param a first index
* @param b second index
* @param arr the array.
* @param <T> the type of elements in the array.
*/
private static <T> void swap(int a, int b, T[] arr) {
T temp = arr[a];
arr[a] = arr[b];
arr[b] = temp;
}
}