From e888f4638c2af200caf0e3d633aaadf0acaf0fbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alxkm <alexanderklmn@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:40:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] refactor: TwoPointers

---
 .../com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointers.java | 33 +++++++++++--------
 .../thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java | 10 ++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointers.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointers.java
index c551408c38b9..c87e26269386 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointers.java
@@ -7,30 +7,37 @@
  * <p>
  * Link: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/two-pointers-technique/
  */
-final class TwoPointers {
+public final class TwoPointers {
+
     private TwoPointers() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Given a sorted array arr (sorted in ascending order), find if there exists
-     * any pair of elements such that their sum is equal to the key.
+     * Checks whether there exists a pair of elements in a sorted array whose sum equals the specified key.
      *
-     * @param arr the array containing elements (must be sorted in ascending order)
-     * @param key the number to search
-     * @return {@code true} if there exists a pair of elements, {@code false} otherwise.
+     * @param arr a sorted array of integers in ascending order (must not be null)
+     * @param key the target sum to find
+     * @return {@code true} if there exists at least one pair whose sum equals {@code key}, {@code false} otherwise
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code arr} is {@code null}
      */
     public static boolean isPairedSum(int[] arr, int key) {
-        int i = 0; // index of the first element
-        int j = arr.length - 1; // index of the last element
+        if (arr == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input array must not be null.");
+        }
+
+        int left = 0;
+        int right = arr.length - 1;
+
+        while (left < right) {
+            int sum = arr[left] + arr[right];
 
-        while (i < j) {
-            int sum = arr[i] + arr[j];
             if (sum == key) {
                 return true;
-            } else if (sum < key) {
-                i++;
+            }
+            if (sum < key) {
+                left++;
             } else {
-                j--;
+                right--;
             }
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
index 3a174e0cd19e..ed3005787fdf 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.thealgorithms.others;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -69,4 +71,12 @@ void testPairExistsAtEdges() {
         int key = 9;
         assertTrue(TwoPointers.isPairedSum(arr, key));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void isPairedSum_shouldThrowException_whenArrayIsNull() {
+        IllegalArgumentException exception = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> {
+            TwoPointers.isPairedSum(null, 10);
+        });
+        assertEquals("Input array must not be null.", exception.getMessage());
+    }
 }

From 62380daeb0ea1634bd6531332b5f1bc7a4b33979 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alxkm <alexanderklmn@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:43:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] refactor: fix test formatting

---
 src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
index ed3005787fdf..7beca4d4bfec 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ void testPairExistsAtEdges() {
 
     @Test
     void isPairedSum_shouldThrowException_whenArrayIsNull() {
-        IllegalArgumentException exception = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> {
-            TwoPointers.isPairedSum(null, 10);
-        });
+        IllegalArgumentException exception = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> {TwoPointers.isPairedSum(null, 10);});
         assertEquals("Input array must not be null.", exception.getMessage());
     }
 }

From 03a705ffffdc95b83dcc804b03f08c0fa9e9b5fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alxkm <alexanderklmn@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:45:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] refactor: fix checkstyle

---
 src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
index 7beca4d4bfec..9a35b2eeccef 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void testPairExistsAtEdges() {
 
     @Test
     void isPairedSum_shouldThrowException_whenArrayIsNull() {
-        IllegalArgumentException exception = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> {TwoPointers.isPairedSum(null, 10);});
+        IllegalArgumentException exception = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> TwoPointers.isPairedSum(null, 10));
         assertEquals("Input array must not be null.", exception.getMessage());
     }
 }

From 75a77415cf069b48c8b6ad155e92f4d21d983a66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alxkm <alexanderklmn@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:48:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] refactor: fix checkstyle

---
 src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
index 9a35b2eeccef..6e0d2b22d280 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/others/TwoPointersTest.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void testPairExistsAtEdges() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void isPairedSum_shouldThrowException_whenArrayIsNull() {
+    void isPairedSumShouldThrowExceptionWhenArrayIsNull() {
         IllegalArgumentException exception = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> TwoPointers.isPairedSum(null, 10));
         assertEquals("Input array must not be null.", exception.getMessage());
     }

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