Private constructor to prevent instanciation

bri-harris · bri-harris · commit 1827482414c3 · 2025-05-29T21:36:04.000-04:00
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/randomized/ClosestPair.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/randomized/ClosestPair.java
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ static double distance(Point p1, Point p2) {
 }
 
 public final class ClosestPair {
+    // Private constructor to prevent instantiation
+    private ClosestPair() {
+        throw new AssertionError("Utility class should not be instantiated.");
+    }
 
     public static double closest(List<Point> points) {
         if (points == null || points.isEmpty()) {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ static double distance(Point p1, Point p2) {`
`31`	`31`	`}`
`32`	`32`
`33`	`33`	`public final class ClosestPair {`
	`34`	`+ // Private constructor to prevent instantiation`
	`35`	`+ private ClosestPair() {`
	`36`	`+ throw new AssertionError("Utility class should not be instantiated.");`
	`37`	`+ }`
`34`	`38`
`35`	`39`	`public static double closest(List<Point> points) {`
`36`	`40`	`if (points == null \|\| points.isEmpty()) {`