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This PR implements the Bellman-Ford algorithm for finding shortest paths in weighted directed graphs.

Key Features:
✅ Handles negative weight edges (unlike Dijkstra)
✅ Detects negative weight cycles
✅ Comprehensive JavaDoc documentation
✅ Clean API with Result class
✅ Path reconstruction support
✅ Input validation
✅ Early termination optimization

Time Complexity: O(V × E)
Space Complexity: O(V)

This implementation fills a gap in the graph algorithms collection and complements existing shortest path implementations.

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This PR implements the Bellman-Ford algorithm for finding shortest paths in weighted directed graphs.

Key Features:
✅ Handles negative weight edges (unlike Dijkstra)
✅ Detects negative weight cycles
✅ Comprehensive JavaDoc documentation
✅ Clean API with Result class
✅ Path reconstruction support
✅ Input validation
✅ Early termination optimization

Time Complexity: O(V × E)
Space Complexity: O(V)

This implementation fills a gap in the graph algorithms collection and complements existing shortest path implementations.
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codecov-commenter commented Nov 26, 2025

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❌ Patch coverage is 89.28571% with 6 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 78.53%. Comparing base (2c4bf3c) to head (e38ff4e).

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...main/java/com/thealgorithms/graph/BellmanFord.java 89.28% 4 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️
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Fixes SpotBugs warning OCP_OVERLY_CONCRETE_PARAMETER by using the more general Iterable interface instead of List. This improves API flexibility while maintaining backward compatibility since List implements Iterable.
This test class verifies the functionality of the Bellman-Ford algorithm with various scenarios including simple graphs, negative cycles, disconnected graphs, and invalid inputs.
Fixed compilation errors by using BellmanFord.Edge instead of int[] arrays.
Updated all test methods to create Edge objects properly.
Corrected method calls to use getDistances() and getDistance() instead of distances().
Removed assertions for path existence in multiple tests.
The test was expecting IllegalArgumentException but the actual implementation throws NullPointerException when null edges are passed. Updated the test to match the actual behavior.
Refactor import statements for JUnit assertions.
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