Instructions: Implement a merge sort in Java, creating a class to hold the main method as well as the mergesort method (which should be a static method). The mergesort method should be able to use any Collection object and it should return a Collection that contains the contents of the original Collection, but in sorted order. The program must ask the user for the data to sort, using numeric data in this case, but your mergesort method must be capable of working with any Collection of Comparable objects. Use recursion.

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Implement a merge sort in Java, creating a class to hold the main method as well as the mergesort method (which
should be a static method). The mergesort method should be able to use any Collection object and it should return a
Collection that contains the contents of the original Collection, but in sorted order. The program must ask the user for
the data to sort, using numeric data in this case, but your mergesort method must be capable of working with any
Collection of Comparable objects.
Use recursion.
Transcribed Image Text:Instructions: Implement a merge sort in Java, creating a class to hold the main method as well as the mergesort method (which should be a static method). The mergesort method should be able to use any Collection object and it should return a Collection that contains the contents of the original Collection, but in sorted order. The program must ask the user for the data to sort, using numeric data in this case, but your mergesort method must be capable of working with any Collection of Comparable objects. Use recursion.
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