源码阅读--Collections.sort

    public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> void sort(List<T> list) {
        Object[] a = list.toArray();
        Arrays.sort(a);//
        ListIterator<T> i = list.listIterator();
        for (int j=0; j<a.length; j++) {
            i.next();
            i.set((T)a[j]);
        }
    }

    public static void sort(Object[] a) {
        if (LegacyMergeSort.userRequested)
            legacyMergeSort(a);
        else
            ComparableTimSort.sort(a);
    }

    static final class LegacyMergeSort {
        private static final boolean userRequested =
            java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(
                new sun.security.action.GetBooleanAction(
                    "java.util.Arrays.useLegacyMergeSort")).booleanValue();
    }

    static void sort(Object[] a, int lo, int hi) {
        rangeCheck(a.length, lo, hi);
        int nRemaining  = hi - lo;
        if (nRemaining < 2)
            return;  // Arrays of size 0 and 1 are always sorted

        // If array is small, do a "mini-TimSort" with no merges
        if (nRemaining < MIN_MERGE) {//***********************************如果长度小于MIN_MERGE（32），那就用二分排序算法
            int initRunLen = countRunAndMakeAscending(a, lo, hi);
            binarySort(a, lo, hi, lo + initRunLen);
            return;
        }

        /**
         * March over the array once, left to right, finding natural runs,
         * extending short natural runs to minRun elements, and merging runs
         * to maintain stack invariant.
         */
        ComparableTimSort ts = new ComparableTimSort(a);
        int minRun = minRunLength(nRemaining);
        do {
            // Identify next run
            int runLen = countRunAndMakeAscending(a, lo, hi);

            // If run is short, extend to min(minRun, nRemaining)
            if (runLen < minRun) {  
                //如果拐点小于minRun，就对整个minRun二分排序
                int force = nRemaining <= minRun ? nRemaining : minRun;
                binarySort(a, lo, lo + force, lo + runLen);
                runLen = force;
            }

            // Push run onto pending-run stack, and maybe merge
            ts.pushRun(lo, runLen);//**********************这里的runLen>=minRun
            ts.mergeCollapse();//*************调用mergeAt

            // Advance to find next run
            lo += runLen;
            nRemaining -= runLen;
        } while (nRemaining != 0);
        // Merge all remaining runs to complete sort
        assert lo == hi;
        ts.mergeForceCollapse();//*************也会调用mergeAt
        assert ts.stackSize == 1;
    }

    //minRunLength------一直取二分之一，直到小于MIN_MERGE（32）
    // n=奇数，return (n-1)/2+1。n=偶数，return n/2
    private static int minRunLength(int n) {
        assert n >= 0;
        int r = 0;      // Becomes 1 if any 1 bits are shifted off
        while (n >= MIN_MERGE) {
            r |= (n & 1);
            n >>= 1;
        }
        return n + r;
    }

    //countRunAndMakeAscending
    // 全是升序，那就返回high
    // 全是降序，那就返回high，并且要翻转
    // 先升后降，返回最高点
    // 先降后升，返回最低点，并且之前的翻转
    // 说白了就是返回拐点
    private static int countRunAndMakeAscending(Object[] a, int lo, int hi) {
        assert lo < hi;
        int runHi = lo + 1;
        if (runHi == hi)
            return 1;

        // Find end of run, and reverse range if descending
        if (((Comparable) a[runHi++]).compareTo(a[lo]) < 0) { // Descending
            while (runHi < hi && ((Comparable) a[runHi]).compareTo(a[runHi - 1]) < 0)
                runHi++;
            reverseRange(a, lo, runHi);
        } else {                              // Ascending
            while (runHi < hi && ((Comparable) a[runHi]).compareTo(a[runHi - 1]) >= 0)
                runHi++;
        }

        return runHi - lo;
    }

    // ********************理解gallopRight和gallopLeft
    private void mergeAt(int i) {
        int base1 = runBase[i];
        int len1 = runLen[i];
        int base2 = runBase[i + 1];
        int len2 = runLen[i + 1];

        /*
         * Record the length of the combined runs; if i is the 3rd-last
         * run now, also slide over the last run (which isn't involved
         * in this merge).  The current run (i+1) goes away in any case.
         */
        runLen[i] = len1 + len2;
        if (i == stackSize - 3) {
            runBase[i + 1] = runBase[i + 2];
            runLen[i + 1] = runLen[i + 2];
        }
        stackSize--;

        /*
         * Find where the first element of run2 goes in run1. Prior elements
         * in run1 can be ignored (because they're already in place).
         */
        int k = gallopRight((Comparable<Object>) a[base2], a, base1, len1, 0);
        assert k >= 0;
        base1 += k;
        len1 -= k;
        if (len1 == 0)
            return;

        /*
         * Find where the last element of run1 goes in run2. Subsequent elements
         * in run2 can be ignored (because they're already in place).
         */
        len2 = gallopLeft((Comparable<Object>) a[base1 + len1 - 1], a,
                base2, len2, len2 - 1);
        assert len2 >= 0;
        if (len2 == 0)
            return;

        // Merge remaining runs, using tmp array with min(len1, len2) elements
        if (len1 <= len2)
            mergeLo(base1, len1, base2, len2);
        else
            mergeHi(base1, len1, base2, len2);
    }