Setting up modules for student

Sorting/AlgorithmTester.java

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 package Sorting;
 
+/**
+ * This class contains the main method and presents an interface for the user to
+ * compare sorting algorithm efficiencies. The user will be able to generate files
+ * of random numbers, and to select a set of algorithms to test on a file of random
+ * numbers.
+ */
 public class AlgorithmTester{
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        //This is where you will run the program to test your sorting algorithms.
+        
     }
 
 }

Sorting/InsertionSorter.java

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+package Sorting;
+
+public class InsertionSorter extends sorter{
+    
+}

Sorting/RandomNumberFileMaker.java

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+package Sorting;
+
+/**
+ * This class will allow the user to make a file of random integers.
+ * The user will be able to select a file name, how many numbers are in the file,
+ * the minimum value generated, and the maximum value generated.
+ */
+public class RandomNumberFileMaker {
+    
+}

Sorting/SelectionSorter.java

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+package Sorting;
+
+public class SelectionSorter extends Sorter {
+    //a class to sort an array of numbers using selection sort
+}

Sorting/SortResult.java

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+package Sorting;
+
+/**
+ * This is a class to hold the efficiencty results of a sorter. We will use this
+ * because we can only have one return value from a method, but want to get more
+ * than one piece of data from each sorter.
+ */
+public class SortResult {
+    
+}

Sorting/Sorter.java

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 package Sorting;
 
+/**
+ * This is an abstract class, its subclasses will inherit its methods and instance
+ * fields. Any abstract methods will have to be implemented in the subclasses.
+ */
 abstract class Sorter {
-    //This is an abstract class
-    //In this class you will write an abstract sort() method
-    //the method will be implemented by subclasses
+   
+    /**
+     * An abstract sorting method. Each subclass will have to implement its own
+     * version of this method.
+     * @return A SortResult object holding number of comparisons, number of swaps, and the sorted array
+     */
+    public abstract SortResult sort();
+
+    
 }