chore: simplified minimizing lateness

src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/greedyalgorithms/MinimizingLateness.java

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+package com.thealgorithms.greedyalgorithms;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class MinimizingLateness {
+
+    public static class Job {
+        String jobName;
+        int startTime = 0;
+        int lateness = 0;
+        int processingTime;
+        int deadline;
+
+        public Job(String jobName, int processingTime, int deadline) {
+            this.jobName = jobName;
+            this.processingTime = processingTime;
+            this.deadline = deadline;
+        }
+
+        public static Job of(String jobName, int processingTime, int deadline) {
+            return new Job(jobName, processingTime, deadline);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return String.format("%s, startTime: %d, endTime: %d, lateness: %d", jobName, startTime, processingTime + startTime, lateness);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void calculateLateness(Job... jobs) {
+
+        // sort the jobs based on their deadline
+        Arrays.sort(jobs, (a, b) -> a.deadline - b.deadline);
+
+        int startTime = 0;
+
+        for (Job job : jobs) {
+            job.startTime = startTime;
+            startTime += job.processingTime;
+            job.lateness = Math.max(0, startTime - job.deadline); // if the job finishes before deadline the lateness is 0
+        }
+    }
+}

src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/greedyalgorithms/MinimizingLatenessTest.java

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+package com.thealgorithms.greedyalgorithms;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import com.thealgorithms.greedyalgorithms.MinimizingLateness.Job;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class MinimizingLatenessTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testCalculateLateness() {
+        // Test case with three jobs
+        Job job1 = new Job("Job1", 4, 6);
+        Job job2 = new Job("Job2", 2, 8);
+        Job job3 = new Job("Job3", 1, 9);
+        Job job4 = new Job("Job4", 5, 9);
+        Job job5 = new Job("Job5", 4, 10);
+        Job job6 = new Job("Job6", 3, 5);
+
+        MinimizingLateness.calculateLateness(job1, job2, job3, job4, job5, job6);
+
+        // Check lateness for each job
+        assertEquals(6, job4.lateness);
+        assertEquals(0, job6.lateness);
+        assertEquals(1, job2.lateness);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testCheckStartTime() {
+
+        Job job1 = new Job("Job1", 2, 5);
+        Job job2 = new Job("Job2", 1, 7);
+        Job job3 = new Job("Job3", 3, 8);
+        Job job4 = new Job("Job4", 2, 4);
+        Job job5 = new Job("Job5", 4, 10);
+
+        MinimizingLateness.calculateLateness(job1, job2, job3, job4, job5);
+
+        assertEquals(2, job1.startTime);
+        assertEquals(5, job3.startTime);
+        assertEquals(8, job5.startTime);
+    }
+}