了解优先级队列中的SORT方法

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我有一个同学写的代码。问题是我无法理解SORT方法的作用。据我所知，它命令优先级队列没有被修改。相反，heapify方法是一种有助于操纵堆的方法（在本例中为MIN HEAP），它允许元素A [i]向下滚动堆，直到到达正确位置为止。我错了吗？package priorityQueue;import java.util.ArrayList;import java.util.Comparator;import java.util.HashMap;import java.util.NoSuchElementException;public class BinaryHeap {protected static <P,E> Element<P,E> extractMinimum(ArrayList<Element<P, E>> priorityQueue, Comparator<Element<P,E>> priorityComparator, HashMap<E, Integer> mapping) throws NoSuchElementException {    if (priorityQueue.size() == 0)         throw new NoSuchElementException();    if (priorityQueue.size() == 1)         return priorityQueue.remove(0);    Element<P,E> first = priorityQueue.get(0);    mapping.remove(first.getElement());    Element<P,E> newFirst = priorityQueue.get(priorityQueue.size()-1);    mapping.remove(newFirst.getElement());    priorityQueue.set(0, priorityQueue.remove(priorityQueue.size()-1));    mapping.put(newFirst.getElement() , 0);    heapify(priorityQueue, priorityComparator, mapping,0);    return first;}protected static <P,E> void sort (ArrayList<Element<P, E>> priorityQueue, Comparator<Element<P,E>> priorityComparator, HashMap<E, Integer> mapping, int index) {    int i = index;    while(i > 0)    {        int middle = (i - 1)/2;        Element<P,E> element = priorityQueue.get(i);        Element<P,E> parent = priorityQueue.get(middle);        if(priorityComparator.compare(element, parent)<0)         {            mapping.replace(element.getElement(), middle);            mapping.replace(parent.getElement(), i);            priorityQueue.set(i, parent);            priorityQueue.set(middle, element);            i = middle;        }         else             break;    }}