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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.commons.lang3;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+
+/**
+ * Sorts and returns arrays in the fluent style.
+ *
+ * @since 3.12.0
+ */
+public class ArraySorter {
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts and returns the given array.
+     *
+     * @param array the array to sort.
+     * @return the given array.
+     * @see Arrays#sort(byte[])
+     */
+    public static byte[] sort(final byte[] array) {
+        Arrays.sort(array);
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts and returns the given array.
+     *
+     * @param array the array to sort.
+     * @return the given array.
+     * @see Arrays#sort(char[])
+     */
+    public static char[] sort(final char[] array) {
+        Arrays.sort(array);
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts and returns the given array.
+     *
+     * @param array the array to sort.
+     * @return the given array.
+     * @see Arrays#sort(double[])
+     */
+    public static double[] sort(final double[] array) {
+        Arrays.sort(array);
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts and returns the given array.
+     *
+     * @param array the array to sort.
+     * @return the given array.
+     * @see Arrays#sort(float[])
+     */
+    public static float[] sort(final float[] array) {
+        Arrays.sort(array);
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts and returns the given array.
+     *
+     * @param array the array to sort.
+     * @return the given array.
+     * @see Arrays#sort(int[])
+     */
+    public static int[] sort(final int[] array) {
+        Arrays.sort(array);
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts and returns the given array.
+     *
+     * @param array the array to sort.
+     * @return the given array.
+     * @see Arrays#sort(long[])
+     */
+    public static long[] sort(final long[] array) {
+        Arrays.sort(array);
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts and returns the given array.
+     *
+     * @param array the array to sort.
+     * @return the given array.
+     * @see Arrays#sort(short[])
+     */
+    public static short[] sort(final short[] array) {
+        Arrays.sort(array);
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts and returns the given array.
+     *
+     * @param <T> the array type.
+     * @param array the array to sort.
+     * @return the given array.
+     * @see Arrays#sort(Object[])
+     */
+    public static <T> T[] sort(final T[] array) {
+        Arrays.sort(array);
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts and returns the given array.
+     *
+     * @param <T> the array type.
+     * @param array the array to sort.
+     * @param comparator the comparator to determine the order of the array. A {@code null} value uses the elements'
+     *        {@link Comparable natural ordering}.
+     * @return the given array.
+     * @see Arrays#sort(Object[])
+     */
+    public static <T> T[] sort(final T[] array, final Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
+        Arrays.sort(array, comparator);
+        return array;
+    }
+
+}