Sorting arrays in java

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Write a static method in Java :

public static void sortByFour (int[] arr)

That receives as a paramater an array full of non-negative numbers (zero or positive) and sorts the array in the following way :

  • In the beginning of the array all the numbers that devide by four without a remainder will appear.

  • After them all the numbers in the array that devide by 4 with a remainder of 1 will appear.

  • After them all the numbers in the array that devide by 4 with a remainder of 2 will appear.

  • In the end of the array all the rest numbers (those who divide by 4 with the remainder 3) will appear.

(The order of the numbers in each group doesn't matter)

The method must be the most efficient it can.

This is what I wrote but unfortunately it doesn't work well... :(

public static void swap( int[] arr, int left, int right )
{
    int temp = arr[left];
    arr[left] = arr[right];
    arr[right] = temp;
}


public static void sortByFour( int[] arr )
{
    int left = 0;
    int right = ( arr.length - 1 );
    int mid = ( arr.length / 2 );
    while ( left < right )
    {
        if ( ( arr[left] % 4 ) > ( arr[right] % 4 ) )
        {
            swap( arr, left, right );
            right--;
        }
        if ( ( arr[left] % 4 ) == ( arr[right] % 4 ) )
            left++;
        else
            left++;
    }
}

Can someone please help me by fixing my code so that it will work well or rewriting it?

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