Collections

Advanced Programming

SUT • Spring 2019

Containers
Collection
Set
Map
LinkedList
Iterator

Lists

Array

Suppose we have an array of students
- Student[] students = new Student[34];
What if we do not know the array size?
- A default initial size
What if we want to add more students to array?
- Double the size of array
- Copy old elements
What if we want to remove some students from array?
- Nullify the element & shift the others
We need a dynamic array

Imagine if arrays was sth like:

Student[] students = new Student[0];
students.add(new Student("Ali Alavi"));
students.add(new Student("Taghi Taghavi"));
System.out.println(students[1]);
students.remove(0);

// But arrays are not so cute!

ArrayList

Java introduces Collection classes for this purpose

ArrayList students = new ArrayList();
students.add(new Student("Ali Alavi"));
students.add(new Student("Taghi Taghavi"));
students.remove(0);

Generic ArrayList

ArrayList is also a generic type

ArrayList<Student> students = new ArrayList<Student>();
students.add(new Student("Ali Alavi"));
students.add(new Student("Taghi Taghavi"));
students.remove(0);
students.remove(new Student("Ali Alavi"));
Student student = students.get(0);
System.out.println(student);

// ArrayList<T> implements generic interface List<T>

Interface

interface List<E>{
    int size();
    boolean isEmpty();
    boolean contains(Object o);
    boolean add(E e);
    boolean remove(Object o);
    void clear();
    E get(int index);
    E set(int index, E element);
    void add(int index, E element);
    E remove(int index);
    int indexOf(Object o);
    int lastIndexOf(Object o);
    List<E> subList(int fromIndex, int toIndex);
}

Usage

ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
while(true){
    String input = scanner.next();
    if(input.equalsIgnoreCase("exit"))
        break;
    list.add(input);
}
if(list.isEmpty()){
    System.out.println("No string entered");
}else{
    System.out.println("" + list.size() + 
                       " strings enetered");
    if(list.contains("Ali"))
        System.out.println("Ali Found!");
    
    for (String s : list) {
	System.out.println(s);
    }
}

ArrayList or Array? That is the question

Do we need a dynamic array?
- Add
- Remove
Performance issue
ArrayList is implemented using an array

Array to List

Guess how?

String[] strings = {"ali", "taghi"};

ArrayList<String> list = 
    new ArrayList<String>();
for (String string : strings) {
    list.add(string);
}

List to Array

Two methods:
- Object[] toArray();
- <T> T[] toArray(T[] a);

ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
Object[] array = list.toArray();
String[] array2 = list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);

Tell Me…

ArrayList<String> as;
ArrayList<Object> ao;
List<Object> lo;
List<String> ls;

True/False?
- ArrayList<String> is subclass of List<String>
  - ls = as;
- ArrayList<String> is subclass of ArrayList<Object>
  - ao = as;
- ArrayList<String> is subclass of List<Object>
  - lo = as;

ArrayList Implementation

In the heart of an ArrayList, an array lives…

public class ArrayList<E> ... ,implements List<E>,...{
    private Object[] elementData;
    private int size;
    public boolean add(E e) {
	ensureCapacity(size + 1); 		
	elementData[size++] = e;
	return true;
    }
}

Tell Me…

Why toArray() returns Object[]?

Collection

Collection is super-class of many containers

public interface Collection<E>‌ {
    int size();
    boolean isEmpty();
    boolean contains(Object o);
    boolean add(E e);
    boolean remove(Object o);
    void clear();
    Object[] toArray();
    <T> T[] toArray(T[] a);
}

LinkedList

LinkedList and ArrayList are both subclass of List
ArrayList is implemented by an array
LinkedList is implemented by a doubly linked list
It is used like an ArrayList
- Because they are brothers! (subclass of List)

Linked List

Doubly Linked List

LinkedList Example

List<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
list.add("Ali");
list.add("Taghi");
System.out.println(list.get(0));
list.remove("Taghi");

for (String string : list) {
    System.out.println(string);
}

ArrayList vs. LinkedList

LinkedList stores two links for each element
if you want to do many insertions and removals in the middle of a list
- a LinkedList is better
If not, an ArrayList is typically faster

Array, ArrayList and LinkedList

How to Test Performance?

long start = System.currentTimeMillis();

doSomthing();

long end = System.currentTimeMillis();

System.err.println(end - start);

Set

A set is a an unordered list of disjoint elements

{1,2,3,1,4,2} = {4,3,2,1}

set.add(1)
set.add(2)
set.add(3)
set.add(1)
set.remove(1)
Set == {3,2}

Set

A set is a list with no duplicate
Suppose we want to implement such a class
How?!

Set Implementation

class Set<E> extends ArrayList<E>{
    public boolean add(E e) {
	if(!contains(e))
	    return super.add(e);
        return false;
    }

    public boolean add(int index, E e) {...}
}

Set and equals() Method

When set.add(value) is invoked
It checks whether there is any element equal to value
If any equal element found, add will return
We should implement appropriate equals() method
equals() is invoked implicitly

HashSet

Set is an interface
public interface Set<E> extends Collection<E>
HashSet is one of its (popular) implementations
Set and HashSet are generic classes
public class HashSet<E> implements Set<E>

HashSet Example

Set<String> set= new HashSet<String>();
set.add("Ali");
set.add("Taghi");
set.add("Ali");
for (String string : set) {
    System.out.println(string);
}

HashSet Example

Set<Student> set= new HashSet<Student>();
set.add(new Student("Ali"));
set.add(new Student("Taghi"));
set.add(new Student("Ali"));
set.remove(new Student("Taghi"));
for (Student student : set) {
    System.out.println(student);
}

Set or List?

List provides access via an index
- Set does not
List is ordered
Set checks for duplicates
- List is (usually) better in performance
- Set may be better in memory consumption
Should we allow duplicates?
- If not, use sets
HashSet is not implemented by a List

Map

Map is not a collection
Map is a table
public interface Map<K,V>
Map<K, V> is something like a List<Pair<K,V>>
First element of each pair is called the key
Second element of each pair is called the value
Duplicate for keys is not allowed
Duplicate for values is possible

Example

Command	Keys	Values
map.put(87300876, “Ali Alavi”)	87300876	Ali Alavi
map.put(87234431, “Taghi Taghavi”)	87300876	Ali Alavi
	87234431	Taghi Taghavi
map.put(87300876, “Naghi Naghavi”)	87300876	Naghi Naghavi
	87234431	Taghi Taghavi

Interface

public interface Map<K,V> {
    int size();
    boolean isEmpty();
    boolean containsKey(Object key);
    boolean containsValue(Object value);
    V get(Object key);
    V put(K key, V value);
    V remove(Object key);
    void putAll(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> m);
    void clear();
    Set<K> keySet();
    Collection<V> values();
    Set<Map.Entry<K, V>> entrySet();
    interface Entry<K,V> {
	K getKey();
	V getValue();
	V setValue(V value);
    }
}

HashMap

Map is an interface
public interface Map<K,V>
HashMap is one of its (popular) implementations
public class HashMap<K,V> implements Map<K,V>

HashMap Example

Map<Integer, String> map =  new HashMap<>();
map.put(87300876, "Ali Alavi");
map.put(87234431, "Taghi Taghavi");
map.put(87300876, "Naghi Naghavi");
String name = map.get(87300876);
System.out.println(name);

HashMap Example

Map<Student, Double> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put(new Student("Ali Alavi"), new Double(18.76));
map.put(new Student("Taghi Taghavi"), new Double(15.43));
map.put(new Student("Naghi Naghavi"), new Double(17.26));
map.put(new Student("Naghi Naghavi"), new Double(15.26));
map.remove(new Student("Naghi Naghavi"));

Double average = map.get(new Student("Taghi Taghavi"));
System.out.println("Avg of Taghi=" + average);
for(Student student : map.keySet()){
    System.out.println(student.toString());
}

Double totalSum = 0.0;
for(Double avg : map.values()){
    totalSum += avg;
}

System.out.println("Total Average = " + (totalSum/map.size()));

Iterator

Iterator is a mechanism for walking on elements of a collection
Before foreach (before Java5) it was the only mechanism
iterator() is declared in Iterable interface
In fact for-each is applicable on any Iterable object

Iterator

public interface Iterable<T> {
    Iterator<T> iterator();
}

public interface Collection<E> extends Iterable<E> {…}

Iterator Class

ArrayList<Integer> arrayList = new ArrayList<Integer>();
arrayList.add(4);
arrayList.add(5);
for (Integer next : arrayList) {
    System.out.println(next);
}

Iterator<Integer> iterator = arrayList.iterator();
while(iterator.hasNext()){
    Integer next = iterator.next();
    System.out.println(next);
}

Concurrent Modification

Suppose some processes are modifying the same collection
Java containers have a mechanism to prevent it
Suppose you’re in the middle of iterating through a container
And then some other process steps in and changes an object in that container
- Insert, remove, …
there are many scenarios for disaster.
- Maybe you’ve already passed that element in the container
- Maybe it’s ahead of you
- Maybe the size of the container shrinks after you call size( )

Fail Fast Aspect

If a collection is modified by one of its methods after an iterator is created for that collection
The iterator immediately becomes invalid
Any operations performed with the iterator after this point throw ConcurrentModificationExceptions
For this reason, iterators are said to be “fail fast”

ConcurrentModificationException

public class FailFast {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
	Collection<String> c = new ArrayList<String>();
	Iterator<String> it = c.iterator();
	c.add("An object");
	String s = it.next(); // Exception line 
    }
}

ConcurrentModificationException

ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();

list.add(1);
list.add(2);
list.add(3);
list.add(4);

for (Integer integer: list) // Exception line 
    if(integer.equals(2))
        list.remove(integer);

Arrays

A utility class with many useful static methods
For arrays
With methods for
- Copy
- Fill
- Sort
- Search
- …

Arrays

Long[] array = new Long[100];
Arrays.fill(array, 5);
Long[] copy = Arrays.copyOf(array, 200);
//An unmodifiable list:
List<Integer> asList = Arrays.asList(1, 2 , 3, 4);
List<Long> asList2 = Arrays.asList(array);
Arrays.sort(array);

Collections

A utility class for collections
- Copy
- Fill
- Sort
- Search
- …

Collections

TODO

Write the method
removeAlis(List<String> names)
It takes a List<String> as parameter
Removes all the elements which start with “Ali”

Bad Implementation

static void removeAli(List<String> list){
    for (String string : list)
	if(string.startsWith("Ali"))
	    list.remove(string);
}

Good Implementation

public static void removeAli(ArrayList<String> list){
    Iterator<String> iterator = list.iterator(); 
    while(iterator.hasNext()) {
	String string = iterator.next();
	if(string.startsWith("Ali"))
	    iterator.remove();
    }
}

Good Implementation

public static void removeAli(ArrayList<String> list){
    for (Iterator<String> iterator = list.iterator(); 
        iterator.hasNext(); ) {
        String string = iterator.next();
        if(string.startsWith("Ali"))
	    iterator.remove();
    }
}

Another Correct Implementation

public static void removeAli(ArrayList<String> list){
    for (int i = list.size()-1; i >= 0; i--) 
	if(list.get(i).startsWith("Ali"))
	    list.remove(i);
}

hashCode()

hashCode() is one of Object methods
- like equals, toString and finalize
It creates a hash from the object
Used in classes like HashMap and HashSet for faster retrieval

Title Text

Collections

By Behnam Hatami

Collections

Collections / Advanced Programming Course @ SUT, Spring 2019

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Collections

Contents

Lists

Array

Imagine if arrays was sth like:

ArrayList

Generic ArrayList

Interface

Usage

ArrayList or Array? That is the question

Array to List

List to Array

Tell Me…

ArrayList Implementation

Tell Me…

Collection

LinkedList

Linked List

Doubly Linked List

LinkedList Example

ArrayList vs. LinkedList

Array, ArrayList and LinkedList

How to Test Performance?

Set

Set

Set

Set Implementation

Set and equals() Method

HashSet

HashSet Example

HashSet Example

Set or List?

Map

Map

Example

Interface

HashMap

HashMap Example

HashMap Example

Iterator

Iterator

Iterator

Iterator Class

Concurrent Modification

Fail Fast Aspect

ConcurrentModificationException

ConcurrentModificationException

Arrays

Arrays

Collections

Collections

TODO

Bad Implementation

Good Implementation

Good Implementation

Another Correct Implementation

hashCode()

Title Text

Collections

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