SP-CSVSorter

As part of a semester long project, we were required to sort a large CSV file of the imdb movie database in multiple ways.

1. Basic CSV Sort

• Simple sorting using Mergesort, on a column the user chooses.
• Determines what type of sorting route it will take based on the data in the seleced column: Strings, Long, Double

2. MultiProcess Sort

• Same as #1 but now handles multiple files using Multiprocess methods.
• Each process = 1 CSV file to sort.
• Automatically fails gracefully if a bad path is inputted.

3. MultiThreaded Sort

• Same as #1 but now handles multiple files using Multithreading methods.
• Each thread = 1 CSV file to sort, or 1 folder to traverse
• Automatically fails gracefully if a bad path is inputted.

4. ServerClient Sort

• Same as #3 but across a server and client scenario using network sockets.
• Each client sends all CSVs to the Server => Server adds all of them into a Queue structure and joins them together.
• Server sends back 1 large CSV file back to the client, independant of other client's data.
• Only 1 client's data is being manipulated by the server at a time, through use of Mutex Locks