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Title: Java Collections: Built-in Data Structures for Java

1
Java CollectionsBuilt-in Data Structures for
Java

Cheng-Chia Chen

If your are not familiar with any of the
following terms
List, Stack, Queue, Tree, Heap, hashtable
Please review your data structure book or
read chapter 20 of the textbook carefully for
topics related to these terms.

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The Java Collection API

Interfaces
Collection (Iterable) ?
Set ? SortedSet,
List
Queue
Map ? SortedMap
Iterator ? ListIterator
Comparator
Note After JDK5, all of above interfaces (and
their implementations mentioned hereafter )
become generic types and hence are parameterized
by a type variable ltEgt. I.e., Formally they
should be CollectionltEgt, SetltEgt, , etc.

Queue
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Summary of all interfaces in the java Collection
API

Collection Interfaces The primary means by
which collections are manipulated.
( IterableltEgt ? ) CollectionltEgt ? SetltEgt, ListltEgt
A group of objects.
May or may not be ordered May or may not
contain duplicates.
SetltEgt ? SortedSetltEgt
The familiar set abstraction.
No duplicates May or may not be ordered.
SortedSet ltEgt
elements automatically sorted, either in their
natural ordering (see the Comparable interface),
or by a Comparator object provided when a
SortedSet instance is created.
ListltEgt
Ordered collection, also known as a sequence.
Duplicates permitted Allows positional access.

QueueltEgt ? DequeltEgt ? BlockingQueueltEgt
a First-in/First-out data container. Elements are
appended to the ends of the queue and are removed
from the beginning of the queue.
deque are double-ended queue.
MapltK,Vgt ?SortedMapltK,Vgt
A mapping from keys to values.
Each key can map to at most one value (function).
SortedMap ltK,Vgt
A map whose mappings are automatically sorted by
key, either in the keys' natural ordering or by a
comparator provided when a SortedMap instance is
created.

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Infrastructure

Iterators Similar to the Enumeration
interface, but more powerful, and with improved
method names.
IteratorltEgt ? ListIteratorltEgt
functionality of the Enumeration interface
next() E hasNext() boolean remove()
supports element removement from the backing
collection.
ListIteratorltEgt
Iterator for use with lists.
supports bi-directional iteration, element
replacement, element insertion and index
retrieval.
Ordering
Comparable ltTgt ( compareTo( T object ) )
Imparts a natural ordering to classes that
implement it.
The natural ordering may be used to sort a list
or maintain order in a sorted set or map. Many
classes were designed to implement this
interface.
ComparatorltTgt ( compare(T o1, T o2 )
equals(Object obj ) )
Represents an order relation, which may be used
to sort a list or maintain order in a
sorted set or map. Can override a type's natural
ordering, or order objects of a type that does
not implement the Comparable interface.

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Infrastructure

Runtime Exceptions
UnsupportedOperationException
Thrown by collections if an unsupported optional
operation is called.
ConcurrentModificationException
Thrown by Iterator and listIterator if the
backing collection is modified unexpectedly while
the iteration is in progress.
Also thrown by sublist views of lists if the
backing list is modified unexpectedly.

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classes of the java collection API

AbstractCollection (Collection) ?
AbstractSet (Set) ? TreeSet(SortedSet), HashSet ?
LikedHashSet
AbstractList (List) ?ArrayList,
Vector? Stack,
AbstractSequentialList ? LinkedList (Deque)
AbstractQueue(Queue) ? PriorityQueue
AbstractMap (Map) ?
HashMap, Hashtable
TreeMap (SortedMap)
WeakHashMap
Arrays
Collections
Legends 1. superclass (interface) ? subclass
2. red interface brown
abstract blue concrete

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General-Purpose Implementation classes

The primary implementations of the collection
interfaces.
HashSet Hash table implementation of the Set
interface.
TreeSet Red-black tree implementation of the
SortedSet interface.
ArrayList Resizable-array implementation of
the List interface.
(Essentially an unsynchronized Vector.) The
best all-around implementation of the List
interface.
LinkedList Doubly-linked list implementation of
the List interface.
May provide better performance than the ArrayList
implementation if elements are frequently
inserted or deleted within the list.
Useful for queues and double-ended queues
(dequeues).
HashMap Hash table implementation of the Map
interface.
(Essentially an unsynchronized Hashtable that
supports null keys and values.) The best
all-around implementation of the Map
interface.
TreeMap Red-black tree implementation of the
SortedMap interface.

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The java.util.Collection interface

represents a group of objects, known as its
elements.
no direct implementation
The primary use pass around collections of
objects where maximum generality is desired.
Ex List l new ArrayList( c ) // c is a
Collection object
or ListltEgt new ArrayListltEgt( c )
// E any reference Type c
Collectionlt? extends E1gt

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The definition

public interface Collection ltEgt extends Iterable
ltEgt
// Basic properties
int size()
boolean isEmpty()
boolean contains(Object element) // use
equals() for comparison
boolean equals(Object)
int hashCode() // new equals() requires new
hashCode()
// basic operations
boolean add(E e) // Optional return
true if this changed
boolean remove(E e) // Optional use equals()
(not )

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The Collection interface definition

// Bulk Operations
boolean containsAll(Collection lt?gt c) //
true if c ? this
// the following 4 methods are optional,
returns true if contents changed
boolean addAll(Collectionlt? extends Egt c)
// Optional this this U c
boolean removeAll(Collectionlt?gt c) //
Optional this this - c
boolean retainAll(Collectionlt?gt c) //
Optional this this ?c
void clear() // Optional
this
// transformations
IteratorltEgt iterator() // collection ?
iterator imple. of Iterable
Object toArray() // collection ?
array
ltTgt T toArray(T a ) // generic
method with type ltTgt, not ltEgt
// if this a gt copy this to a and
return a else gt create a new array b
// of the type T and copy this to b and
return b

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Why using Iterators instead of Enumerations

Method names are simpler.
Iterator allows the caller to remove elements
from the underlying collection.
public interface Iterator ltEgt
boolean hasNext() // cf
hasMoreElements()
E next() //
cf nextElement()
void remove() // Optional
// a simple Collection filter using iterator that
Enumeration could not help
static ltTgt void filter(CollectionltTgt c)
for (IteratorltTgt i c.iterator()
i.hasNext() )
if ( no-good( i.next() ) )
i.remove() // i.next() is removed from c
i.remove() // exception
raised, cannot removed more than once !

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Ex ( Use raw type)

Integer a1 new Integer 1,2,3,4.
List c Arrays.asList( a1 ) // c 1,2,3,4
Iterator l c.iterator()
While( l.hasNext() )
Integer k (Integer) l.next()
if ( k .intValue 3) l.remove()
c.println() // c 1,2,4

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Ex (use generic type)

Integer a1 new Integer 1,2,3,4.
List ltIntegergt c Arrays.asList( a1 ) // c
1,2,3,4
Iterator ltIntegergt l c.iterator()
While( l.hasNext() )
Integer k (Integer) l.next() // cast not
needed
if ( k .intValue 3) l.remove()
c.println() // c 1,2,4

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Examples of Bulk and array operations for
Collection

Remove all instances of an element e from a
collection c
c.removeAll(Collections.singleton(e)) // remove
all es in c
c.removeAll(Collections.singleton(null)) //
remove all nulls in c
collections to arrays
Collection c new LinkedList() // LinkedList
is an imp. of Col.
c .add(a) c.add(b) // c a, b
component type Object
Object ar1 c.toArray() // ok, ar1.length
2
String ar2 (String) c.toArray() // may
cause runtime
// exception, cannot cast an array of
Object component type
// to String note can pass compilation.
String ar3 (String) c.toArray(new
String0) // ok! since c.toArray(String) has
String component type.

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Examples of Bulk and array operations for
Collection

collections to arrays (use generic type)
Collection c new LinkedListltStringgt()
c .add(a) c.add(b) // c a, b
component type Object
Object ar1 c.toArray() // ar1.length 2
String ar2 (String) c.toArray()
String ar3 (String) c.toArray(new
String0)
// still need
pass a String.

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The Set Interface

is a Collection that cannot contain duplicate
elements.
models the mathematical set abstraction.
contains no methods other than those inherited
from Collection.
same signatures but different semantics ( meaning
)
Collection c new LinkedList() Set s new
HashSet()
String o a
c.add(o) c.add(o) // both return true
c.size() 2
s.add(o) s.add(o) // 2nd add() returns false
s.size() 1
It adds the restriction that duplicate elements
are prohibited.
Collection noDups new HashSet(c) // a simple
way to eliminate duplicate from c
Two Set objects are equal if they contain the
same elements.
Two direct implementations
HashSet TreeSet

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Basic Operations

A simple program to detect duplicates using set
import java.util.
public class FindDups
public static void main(String args)
Set s new HashSet() // or use new
TreeSet()
// following code uses Set methods only
for (String arg args )
if ( !s.add(arg) ) out.println("Duplicate
detected arg )
out.printf( s.size() distinct words detected
s )
java FindDups i came i saw i left
Duplicate detected i
Duplicate detected i
4 distinct words detected came, left, saw,
i

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Bulk Operations for Set objects

s1.containsAll(s2) returns true if s2 is a subset
of s1.
s1.addAll(s2), s1.retainAll(s2),
s1.removeAll(s2)
s1 s1 U s2, s1 s1 ? s2, s1 s1 s2,
respectively
return true iff s1 is modified.
For nondestructive operations
Set union new HashSet(s1) // make a copy of
s1
union.addAll(s2)
Set intersection new HashSet(s1) // may also
use TreeSet(s1)
intersection.retainAll(s2)
Set difference new HashSet(s1)
difference.removeAll(s2)

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Example

Show all arguments that occur exactly once and
those that occur more than once.
import java.util. //use generics
public class FindDups2
public static void main(String args)
Set ltStringgt uniques new HashSet
ltStringgt(),
dups new HashSet ltStringgt ()
for (String arg args )
if (! uniques.add(arg))
dups.add(arg )
uniques.removeAll(dups) // Destructive
set-difference
out.println("Unique words "
uniques)
out.println("Duplicate words " dups)

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The List Interface

A List is an ordered Collection(sometimes called
a sequence).
may contain duplicate elements.
The List interface includes operations for
Positional Access set/get elements based on
their numerical position in the list.
Search search for a specified object in the list
and return its numerical position.
List Iteration extend Iterator semantics to take
advantage of the list's sequential nature.
Range-view perform arbitrary range operations on
the list.
Three direct implementations
ArrayList resizable array
LinkedList doubly linked-list
Vector synchronized ArrayList.

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The List interface definition

public interface List ltEgt extends CollectionltEgt
// Positional Access
E get(int index) // 0-based
E set(int index, E e) //
Optional return old value
void add(int index, E e) //
Optional
E remove(int index) // Optional
remove(Object) given in Collection
boolean addAll(int index, Collectionlt? extends
Egt c) // Optional
// Search
int indexOf(Object o) // the type
of argument is Object!
int lastIndexOf(Object o)
// Range-view
ListltEgt subList(int from, int to)
// Iteration Iterator iterator() given in
Collection
ListIteratorltEgt listIterator(int f ) //
default f 0 return a listIterator with cursor
set to position f

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List in comparison with Older Vector (1.1)

shorter getter/setter names
get(int) // elementAt(int) /
add( int, Object) //
insertElemetnAt(O,i)
Object set(int, Object) // void
setElementAt(Object,int)
Object remove(int) // void
removeElementAt(int)
Note From java1.2 Vector also implements the
List interface.
List concatenation
list1 list1.addAll(list2) // destructive
List list3 new arrayList( list1) // or
LinkedList(list1)
list3.addAll(list2) // list3 equals to list1 .
list2
Two List objects are equal if they contain the
same elements in the same order.
List l1 new LinkedList(l2) // l2 is an
ArrayList
l1.equals(l2) ? true false // returns true, but
l1l2 returns false.

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ListIterator

public interface ListIteratorltEgt extends
IteratorltEgt
// from Iterator (forward iteration)
boolean hasNext()
E next()
// backward iteration
boolean hasPrevious()
E previous()
int nextIndex() // cursor position
pos of next() object
int previousIndex() // nextIndex()
1 pos of previous() object
//
-1 if cursor 0
void remove() // Optional
void set(E e) // Optional
void add(E e) // Optional

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Set and Add operations in ListIterator

set(E), remove() Replaces/remove the last
element returned by next or previous with the
specified element.
Ex gt either E(1) (if next() is called more
recently than previous())
or E(2) (otherwise)
would be replaced
add(Object o ) Inserts the specified element
into the list, immediately before the current
cursor position.
Ex add(o) gt E(0) E(1) o (cursor) E(2)
E(3)
Backward Iteration
for(ListIterator i list.listIterator(list.siz
e()) i.hasPrevious() ) processing(
i.previous())

E(0) E(1) E(2)
E(3)
Index 0 1
2 3 4
(cursor)
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Some Examples

possible implementation of List.indexOf(Object)
public int indexOf(Object o)
for (ListIterator i listIterator()
i.hasNext() )
if (onull ? i.next()null
o.equals(i.next()))
return i.previousIndex() //
or i.nextIndex() -1
return -1 // Object not found
replace all occurrences of one specified value
with another
public static void replace(List l, Object val,
Object newVal)
for (ListIterator i l.listIterator()
i.hasNext() )
if (valnull ? i.next()null
val.equals(i.next()))
i.set(newVal)

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Range-view Operation

subList(int f, int t), returns a List view of a
portion of this list whose indices range from f,
inclusive, to t, exclusive, f,t).
Ex
sublist(1,3) E(1),E(2)
This half-open range mirrors the typical
for-loop
for (int if iltt i) ...
// iterate over the sublist
Change on sublist is reflected on the backing
list
Ex the following idiom removes a range of
elements from a list
list . subList(from, to) . clear()

E(0) E(1) E(2)
E(3)
Index 0 1
2 3 4
(cursor)
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The Map Interface

A Map is an object that maps keys to values.
A map cannot contain duplicate keys
Each key can map to at most one value.
Three implementations
HashMap, which stores its entries in a hash
table, is the best-performing implementation.
TreeMap, which stores its entries in a red-black
tree, guarantees the order of iteration.
Hashtable has also been retrofitted to implement
Map.
All implementation must provide two constructors
(like Collections) Assume M is your
implementation
M() // empty map
M(Maplt? extends K, ? extends Vgt m) // a copy of
map from m

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The Map interface

public interface MapltK,Vgt // Map does not
extend Collection
// Basic Operations
// put or replace, return replaced object
V put(K key, V value) // optional old value
or null returned
V get(K key)
V remove(Object key)
boolean containsKey(Object key)
boolean containsValue(Object value)
int size()
boolean isEmpty()

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The Map interface

// Bulk Operations
void putAll(Maplt?extends K, ? extends Vgt
t) //optional
void clear() // optional
// Collection Views
// backed by the Map, change on either
will be reflected on the other.
public SetltKgt keySet() // cannot
duplicate by definition!!
public CollectionltVgt values() //
can duplicate
public SetltMap.EntryltK,Vgtgt
entrySet() // no equivalent in Dictionary
// nested Interface for entrySet elements
public interface EntryltK,Vgt
equals(Object) hashCode()
K getKey()
V getValue()
V setValue(V value)

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Possible Exceptions thrown by Map methods

UnsupportedOperationException
if the method is not supported by this map.
ClassCastException
if the class of a key or value in the specified
map prevents it from being stored in this map.
ex m.put(Name, new Integer(2)) // m actually
put (String) value
IllegalArgumentException
some aspect of a key or value in the specified
map prevents it from being stored in this map.
ex put(Two, 2) // put expect s an Object
value
NullPointerException
this map does not permit null keys or values,
and the specified key or value is null.

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Basic Operations

a simple program to generate a frequency table
import java.util.
public class Freq private static final
Integer ONE new Integer(1)
public static void main(String args)
Map m new HashMap() // or
MapltString, Integergt m
// Initialize frequency table from
command line
for (int i0 iltargs.length i)
Integer freq (Integer)
m.get(argsi) // key is a string
m.put(argsi, (freqnull ? ONE new
Integer( freq.intValue() 1)))
// value is Integer
System.out.println( m.size()" distinct
words detected")
System.out.println(m)
gt java Freq if it is to be it is up to me to
delegate
8 distinct words detected
to3, me1, delegate1, it2, is2,
if1, be1, up1

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Basic Operations ( after JDK 1.5)

a simple program to generate a frequency table
import java.util.
public class Freq private static final int
ONE 1
public static void main(String args)
MapltString, Integergt m new
HashMapltString, Integergt()
// Initialize frequency table from
command line
for (String arg args)
Integer freq m.get(arg)
m.put( arg, (freqnull ? ONE freq
1)) // autoBox, autoUnbox used
// value is Integer
System.out.println( m.size()" distinct
words detected")
System.out.println(m)
gt java Freq if it is to be it is up to me to
delegate
8 distinct words detected
to3, me1, delegate1, it2, is2,
if1, be1, up1

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Bulk Operations

clear() removes all of the mappings from the
Map.
putAll(Map) operation is the Map analogue of the
Collection interface's addAll() operation.
can be used to create attribute map creation
with default values. Here's a static factory
method demonstrating this technique
static ltK,Vgt MapltK,Vgt newAttributeMap(MapltK,Vgt
defaults, Maplt?extends K, V extends Vgt overrides)
MapltK,Vgt result new HashMapltK,Vgt
(defaults)
result.putAll(overrides)
return result

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Collection Views methods

allow a Map to be viewed as a Collection in three
ways
keySet the Set of keys contained in the Map.
values The Collection of values contained in the
Map. This Collection is not a Set, as multiple
keys can map to the same value.
entrySet The Set of key-value pairs contained in
the Map.
The Map interface provides a small nested
interface called Map.Entry that is the type of
the elements in this Set.
the standard idiom for iterating over the keys in
a Map
for (Iterator i m.keySet().iterator()
i.hasNext() )
System.out.println(i.next())
if(no-good()) i.remove() //
support removal from the back Map
Iterating over key-value pairs
for (Iterator im.entrySet().iterator()
i.hasNext() )
Map.Entry e (Map.Entry) i.next()
System.out.println(e.getKey() " "
e.getValue())

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Permutation groups of words

import java.util. import java.io.
public class Perm
public static void main(String args)
int minGroupSize Integer.parseInt(args1)
// Read words from file and put into
simulated multimap
MapltString, ListltStringgtgt m new
HashMapltString, ListltStringgt ()
try Scanner in new Scanner(new
File(args0))
while(in.hasNext())
String word in.nextLine()
// or word in.next()
String alpha
alphabetize(word)
//
normalize word success? ccesssu
List ltStringgt l
m.get(alpha)
if (lnull) m.put(alpha,
lnew ArrayListltStringgt () )
l.add(word)
catch(Exception e)
System.err.println(e) System.exit(1)

// Print all permutation groups above size
threshold
for (IteratorltListltStringgtgt i
m.values().iterator() i.hasNext() )
ListltStringgt l (List) i.next()
if (l.size() gt minGroupSize)
System.out.println(l.size() " "
l)

// buketsort implementation
private static String alphabetize(String s)
int count new int256
int len s.length()
for (int i0 iltlen i)
counts.charAt(i)
StringBuffer result new
StringBuffer(len)
for (char c'a' clt'z' c)
for (int i0 iltcountc
i)
result.append(c)
return result.toString()

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Some results

java Perm dictionary.txt 8
9 estrin, inerts, insert, inters, niters,
nitres, sinter, triens, trines
8 carets, cartes, caster, caters, crates,
reacts, recast, traces
9 capers, crapes, escarp, pacers, parsec,
recaps, scrape, secpar, spacer
8 ates, east, eats, etas, sate, seat, seta,
teas
12 apers, apres, asper, pares, parse, pears,
prase, presa, rapes, reaps, spare, spear
9 anestri, antsier, nastier, ratines, retains,
retinas, retsina, stainer, stearin
10 least, setal, slate, stale, steal, stela,
taels, tales, teals, tesla
8 arles, earls, lares, laser, lears, rales,
reals, seral
8 lapse, leaps, pales, peals, pleas, salep,
sepal, spale
8 aspers, parses, passer, prases, repass,
spares, sparse, spears
8 earings, erasing, gainers, reagins, regains,
reginas, searing, seringa
11 alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster,
ratels, salter, slater, staler, stelar, talers
9 palest, palets, pastel, petals, plates,
pleats, septal, staple, tepals

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The SortedSet Interface

A SortedSet is a Set that maintains its elements
in ascending order, sorted according to the
elements' natural order(via comparable
interface), or according to a Comparator provided
at SortedSet creation time.
In addition to the normal Set operations, the
SortedSet interface provides operations for
Range-view Performs arbitrary range operations
on the sorted set.
Endpoints Returns the first or last element in
the sorted set.
Comparator access Returns the Comparator used to
sort the set (if any).
Standard constructors Let S be the
implementation
S( Comparator ) // empty set
S(SortedSet) // copy set
Implementation TreeSet

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The SortedSet

public interface SortedSetltEgt extends SetltEgt
// Range-view
SortedSetltEgt subSet(E f, E t) // return f, t
), f.eq(t) -gtnull
SortedSetltEgt headSet(E t) //
first(), t )
SortedSetltEgt tailSet(E fromElement)// f,
last()
// Endpoints
E first()
E last()
// Comparator access
Comparatorlt? super Egt comparator() //
return null if natural order is used.

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The SortedMap Interface

A SortedMap is a Map that maintains its entries
in ascending order, sorted according to the keys
natural order, or according to a Comparator
provided at SortedMap creation time.
In addition to the normal Map operations, the
SortedMap interface provides operations for
Range-view Performs arbitrary range operations
on the sorted map.
Endpoints Returns the first or last key in the
sorted map.
Comparator access Returns the Comparator used to
sort the map (if any).
Constructors provided by implementations
M(Comparator) // empty SortedMap
M(SortedMap) // copy Map
Implementation TreeMap

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The SortedMap interface

// analogous to SortedSet
public interface SortedMapltK,Vgt extends MapltK,Vgt
Comparatorlt? super Kgt comparator()
// range-view operations
SortedMapltK,Vgt subMap(K fromKey, K
toKey)
SortedMapltK,Vgt headMap(K toKey)
SortedMapltK,Vgt tailMap(K fromKey)
// member access
// Dont forget bulk of other Map operations
available
K firstKey()
K lastKey()
// throws NoSuchElementException if
m.isEmpty()

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SortedMap Operations

Operations inheriting from Map behave identically
to normal maps with two exceptions
keySet() entrySet() values() . Iterator()
traverse the collections in key-order.
toArray() contains the keys, values, or entries
in key-order.
Although not guaranteed by the interface,
the toString() method of SortedMap in all the
JDK's SortedMap returns a string containing all
the elements in key-order.

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Example

SortedMapltString,Stringgt m new
TreeMapltString,Stringgt()
m.put("Sneezy", "common cold")
m.put("Sleepy", "narcolepsy")
m.put("Grumpy", "seasonal affective
disorder")
System.out.println( m.keySet() )
System.out.println( m.values() )
System.out.println( m.entrySet() )
Running this snippet produces this output
Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy
seasonal affective disorder, narcolepsy, common
cold
Grumpyseasonal affective disorder,
Sleepynarcolepsy,
Sneezycommon cold

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Actual Collection and Map Implementations

Implementations are the actual data objects used
to store collections (and Maps).
Three kinds of implementations
General-purpose Implementations
the public classes that provide the primary
implementations of the core interfaces.
Wrapper Implementations
used in combination with other implementations
(often the general-purpose implementations) to
provide added functionality.
Convenience Implementations
Convenience implementations are
mini-implementations, typically made available
via static factory methods that provide
convenient, efficient alternatives to the
general-purpose implementations for special
collections (like singleton sets).

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General Purpose Implementations
Hash Table Resizable array balanced tree linked list
Set HashSet TreeSet (sortedSet)
List ArrayList Vector LinkedList
Map HashMap Hashtable TreeMap (sortedMap)
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Properties of the implementations

consistent names as well as consistent behavior.
fully implementations of all the optional
operations.
All permit null elements, keys and values.
unsynchronized.
remedy the deficiency of Hashtable and Vector
can become synchronized through the
synchronization wrappers
All have fail-fast iterators, which detect
illegal concurrent modification during iteration
and fail quickly and cleanly.
All are Serializable,
all support a public clone() method.
should be thinking about the interfaces rather
than the implementations. The choice of
implementation affects only performance.

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HashSet vs treeSet (and HashMap vs TreeMap)

HashSet/ HashMap is much faster (constant time
vs. log time for most operations), but offers no
ordering guarantees.
always use HashSet/HashMap unless you need to use
the operations in the SortedSet, or in-order
iteration.
choose an appropriate initial capacity of your
HashSet if iteration performance is important.
The default initial capacity is 101, and that's
often more than you need.
can be specified using the int constructor.
Set s new HashSet(17) // set bucket size to 17

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ArrayList vs LinkedList

Most of the time, you'll probably use ArrayList.
offers constant time positional access
Think of ArrayList as Vector without the
synchronization overhead.
Use LikedList If you frequently add elements to
the beginning of the List, or iterate over the
List deleting elements from its interior.
These operations are constant time in a
LinkedList but linear time in an ArrayList.

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Wrapper Implementations

are implementations that delegate all of their
real work to a specified collection, but add some
extra functionality on top of what this
collection offers.
These implementations are anonymous
the JDK provides a static factory method.
All are found in the Collections class which
consists solely of static methods.
Synchronization Wrappers //K,V,E are method type
parameters
public static CollectionltEgt synchronizedCollection
(Collection ltEgt c)
public static SetltEgt synchronizedSet(SetltEgt s)
public static ListltEgt synchronizedList(List ltEgt
list)
public static MapltK,Vgt synchronizedMap(MapltK,Vgt
m)
public static SortedSetltEgt synchronizedSortedSet(S
ortedSetltEgt s)
public static SortedMapltK,Vgt synchronizedSortedMap
(SortedMap ltK,Vgtm)

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read-only access to Collection/Maps

Unmodifiable Wrappers
public static CollectionltEgt unmodifiableCollection
(CollectionltEgt c)
public static SetltEgt unmodifiableSet(SetltEgt s)
public static ListltEgt unmodifiableList(ListltEgt
list)
public static MapltK,Vgt unmodifiableMap(MapltK,Vgt
m)
public static SortedSetltEgt unmodifiableSortedSet(S
ortedSetltEgt s)
public static SortedMapltK,Vgt unmodifiableSortedMap
( SortedMap ltK,Vgt m)

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Convenience Implementations

mini-implementations that can be more convenient
and more efficient then the general purpose
implementations
available via static factory methods or exported
constants in class Arrays or Collections.
List-view of an Array
List l Arrays.asList(new Object100) // list
of 100 nulls.
Immutable Multiple-Copy List
List l new ArrayList(Collections.nCopies
(1000, new Integer(1)))
Immutable Singleton Set
c.removeAll(Collections.singleton(e))
profession.values().removeAll(Collections.singleto
n(LAWYER))
(Immutable) Empty Set and Empty List Constants
Collections.EMPTY_SET Collections.EMPTY_LIST
Collections.EMPTY_MAP // add(1) ?
UnsupportedOp Exception

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Convenience Implementations

(Immutable) Empty Set and Empty List methods
ltEgt SetltEgt emptySet()
ltEgt ListltEgt emptyList()
ltK,Vgt MapltK,Vgt emptyMap()

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The Arrays class

static List asList(Object a) // a could not
be of the type int,
Returns a fixed-size list backed by the specified
array. cannot add/remove()
static int binarySearch(Type a, Type key)
Searches the specified array of bytes for the
specified value using the binary search
algorithm. Type can be any primitive type or
Object.
static boolean equals(Type a1, Type a2)
static void fill(Type a ,int f, int t, Type
val)
Assigns the specified val to each element of the
specified array of Type.
static void sort(Type a , int f, int t)
Sorts the specified range of the specified array
into ascending numerical order.
static sort(Object a, Comparator c ,int f,
int t )
Sorts the specified array of objects according
to the order induced by the specified
comparator.