write a method in java that goes inside:

public static LinkedList mergeLists(LinkedList list1, LinkedList list2) {

LinkedList output = new LinkedList();

/**

* Your code goes here

*/

return output;

}

in the LinkedListTest class given below

import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

import java.io.FileReader;

import java.io.IOException;

public class LinkedListTest {

private static final int INSERT_AT = 1;

private static final int REMOVE_AT = 2;

private static final int INSERT_AFTER = 3;

private static final int INSERT_BEFORE = 4;

private static final int SORT_LIST = 5;

private static final int REMOVE_DUPLICATES = 6;

public static void main(String[] args) {

try {

String sCurrentLine;

LinkedList list1 = null;

LinkedList list2 = null;

// read and test first input file and create list1

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("input1.txt"));

int currentIndex = 0;

System.out.println("reading input file: input1.txt");

while ((sCurrentLine = br.readLine()) != null) {

if(currentIndex == 0) {// read elements

list1 = createListFromInput(sCurrentLine);

System.out.println("List: " + list1.toString());

} else { // read commands

String[] command = sCurrentLine.split(" ");

int commandCode = Integer.parseInt(command[0]);

switch(commandCode) {

case INSERT_AT:

int pos = Integer.parseInt(command[1]);

int data = Integer.parseInt(command[2]);

list1.insertAt(pos,data);

System.out.println("insertAt (" + pos + ", " + data +")");

System.out.println("List: " + list1.toString());

break;

case REMOVE_AT:

pos = Integer.parseInt(command[1]);

list1.removeAt(pos);

System.out.println("removeAt (" + pos + ")");

System.out.println("List: " + list1.toString());

break;

case INSERT_AFTER:

int key = Integer.parseInt(command[1]);

data = Integer.parseInt(command[2]);

list1.insertAfter(key,data);

System.out.println("insertAfter (" + key + ", " + data +")");

System.out.println("List: " + list1.toString());

break;

case INSERT_BEFORE:

key = Integer.parseInt(command[1]);

data = Integer.parseInt(command[2]);

list1.insertBefore(key,data);

System.out.println("insertBefore (" + key + ", " + data +")");

System.out.println("List: " + list1.toString());

break;

case SORT_LIST:

list1.sortList();

System.out.println("sortList()");

System.out.println("List: " + list1.toString());

break;

case REMOVE_DUPLICATES:

list1.removeDuplicates();

System.out.println("removeDuplicates()");

System.out.println("List: " + list1.toString());

break;

default:

}

}

currentIndex ++;

}

br.close();

System.out.println();

// read and test second input file and create list1

br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("input2.txt"));

currentIndex = 0;

System.out.println("reading input file: input2.txt");

while ((sCurrentLine = br.readLine()) != null) {

if(currentIndex == 0) {// read elements

list2 = createListFromInput(sCurrentLine);

System.out.println("List: " + list2.toString());

} else { // read commands

String[] command = sCurrentLine.split(" ");

int commandCode = Integer.parseInt(command[0]);

switch(commandCode) {

case INSERT_AT:

int pos = Integer.parseInt(command[1]);

int data = Integer.parseInt(command[2]);

list2.insertAt(pos,data);

System.out.println("insertAt (" + pos + ", " + data +")");

System.out.println("List: " + list2.toString());

break;

case REMOVE_AT:

pos = Integer.parseInt(command[1]);

list2.removeAt(pos);

System.out.println("removeAt (" + pos + ")");

System.out.println("List: " + list2.toString());

break;

case INSERT_AFTER:

int key = Integer.parseInt(command[1]);

data = Integer.parseInt(command[2]);

list2.insertAfter(key,data);

System.out.println("insertAfter (" + key + ", " + data +")");

System.out.println("List: " + list2.toString());

break;

case INSERT_BEFORE:

key = Integer.parseInt(command[1]);

data = Integer.parseInt(command[2]);

list2.insertBefore(key,data);

System.out.println("insertBefore (" + key + ", " + data +")");

System.out.println("List: " + list2.toString());

break;

case SORT_LIST:

list2.sortList();

System.out.println("sortList()");

System.out.println("List: " + list2.toString());

break;

case REMOVE_DUPLICATES:

list2.removeDuplicates();

System.out.println("removeDuplicates()");

System.out.println("List: " + list2.toString());

break;

default:

}

}

currentIndex ++;

}

br.close();

System.out.println();

// merge 2 lists

if(list1 != null && list2 != null) {

System.out.println("List 1: " + list1.toString());

System.out.println("List 2: " + list2.toString());

LinkedList output = mergeLists(list1, list2);

System.out.println("Output: " + output.toString());

}

} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

} catch (IOException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

}

/**

*

* Implement a mergeLists method in LinkedListTest class that merges 2 given

* lists and returns an output list. While merging make sure: 1. Output list is

* sorted 2. Remove any duplicate

*

*/

public static LinkedList mergeLists(LinkedList list1, LinkedList list2) {

LinkedList output = new LinkedList();

/**

* Your code goes here

*/

return output;

}

public static LinkedList createListFromInput(String input) {

LinkedList list = new LinkedList();

if(input != null) {

String[] numbers = input.split(" ");

for(String number:numbers) {

list.addToLast(Integer.parseInt(number));

}

}

return list;

}

}

PLEASE INSERT THE CODE IN THE LinkedListTest.java

Problem 3 Implement a mergeLists method in LinkedListTest class that merges 2 given lists and returns an output list. While merging make sure: 1. Output list is sorted 2. Remove any duplicate Example: listl: 2479 list2: 451 67 merge (listl, list2) Output: 1 2 45679