Add longest substring (#6007)

Author: Chiefpatwal

src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/slidingwindow/LongestSubstringWithoutRepeatingCharacters.java

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+package com.thealgorithms.slidingwindow;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+/**
+ * The Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters algorithm finds the length of
+ * the longest substring without repeating characters in a given string.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Worst-case performance O(n)
+ * Best-case performance O(n)
+ * Average performance O(n)
+ * Worst-case space complexity O(min(n, m)), where n is the length of the string
+ * and m is the size of the character set.
+ *
+ * @author  (https://github.com/Chiefpatwal)
+ */
+public final class LongestSubstringWithoutRepeatingCharacters {
+
+    // Prevent instantiation
+    private LongestSubstringWithoutRepeatingCharacters() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method finds the length of the longest substring without repeating characters.
+     *
+     * @param s is the input string
+     * @return the length of the longest substring without repeating characters
+     */
+    public static int lengthOfLongestSubstring(String s) {
+        int maxLength = 0;
+        int left = 0;
+        HashSet<Character> charSet = new HashSet<>();
+
+        for (int right = 0; right < s.length(); right++) {
+            // If the character is already in the set, remove characters from the left
+            while (charSet.contains(s.charAt(right))) {
+                charSet.remove(s.charAt(left));
+                left++;
+            }
+            charSet.add(s.charAt(right));
+            maxLength = Math.max(maxLength, right - left + 1);
+        }
+
+        return maxLength;
+    }
+}

src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/slidingwindow/LongestSubstringWithoutRepeatingCharactersTest.java

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+package com.thealgorithms.slidingwindow;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the LongestSubstringWithoutRepeatingCharacters class.
+ *
+ * @author  (https://github.com/Chiefpatwal)
+ */
+public class LongestSubstringWithoutRepeatingCharactersTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLengthOfLongestSubstring() {
+        // Test cases for the lengthOfLongestSubstring method
+        assertEquals(3, LongestSubstringWithoutRepeatingCharacters.lengthOfLongestSubstring("abcabcbb"));
+        assertEquals(1, LongestSubstringWithoutRepeatingCharacters.lengthOfLongestSubstring("bbbbb"));
+        assertEquals(3, LongestSubstringWithoutRepeatingCharacters.lengthOfLongestSubstring("pwwkew"));
+        assertEquals(0, LongestSubstringWithoutRepeatingCharacters.lengthOfLongestSubstring(""));
+        assertEquals(5, LongestSubstringWithoutRepeatingCharacters.lengthOfLongestSubstring("abcde"));
+    }
+}