LinkedHashSet.java   [plain text]


/* LinkedHashSet.java -- a set backed by a LinkedHashMap, for linked
   list traversal.
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package java.util;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * This class provides a hashtable-backed implementation of the
 * Set interface, with predictable traversal order.
 * <p>
 *
 * It uses a hash-bucket approach; that is, hash collisions are handled
 * by linking the new node off of the pre-existing node (or list of
 * nodes).  In this manner, techniques such as linear probing (which
 * can cause primary clustering) and rehashing (which does not fit very
 * well with Java's method of precomputing hash codes) are avoided.  In
 * addition, this maintains a doubly-linked list which tracks insertion
 * order.  Note that the insertion order is not modified if an
 * <code>add</code> simply reinserts an element in the set.
 * <p>
 *
 * One of the nice features of tracking insertion order is that you can
 * copy a set, and regardless of the implementation of the original,
 * produce the same results when iterating over the copy.  This is possible
 * without needing the overhead of <code>TreeSet</code>.
 * <p>
 *
 * Under ideal circumstances (no collisions), LinkedHashSet offers O(1) 
 * performance on most operations.  In the worst case (all elements map
 * to the same hash code -- very unlikely), most operations are O(n).
 * <p>
 *
 * LinkedHashSet accepts the null entry.  It is not synchronized, so if
 * you need multi-threaded access, consider using:<br>
 * <code>Set s = Collections.synchronizedSet(new LinkedHashSet(...));</code>
 * <p>
 *
 * The iterators are <i>fail-fast</i>, meaning that any structural
 * modification, except for <code>remove()</code> called on the iterator
 * itself, cause the iterator to throw a
 * {@link ConcurrentModificationException} rather than exhibit
 * non-deterministic behavior.
 *
 * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu)
 * @see Object#hashCode()
 * @see Collection
 * @see Set
 * @see HashSet
 * @see TreeSet
 * @see Collections#synchronizedSet(Set)
 * @since 1.4
 * @status updated to 1.4
 */
public class LinkedHashSet extends HashSet
  implements Set, Cloneable, Serializable
{
  /**
   * Compatible with JDK 1.4.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -2851667679971038690L;

  /**
   * Construct a new, empty HashSet whose backing HashMap has the default
   * capacity (11) and loadFacor (0.75).
   */
  public LinkedHashSet()
  {
    super();
  }

  /**
   * Construct a new, empty HashSet whose backing HashMap has the supplied
   * capacity and the default load factor (0.75).
   *
   * @param initialCapacity the initial capacity of the backing HashMap
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the capacity is negative
   */
  public LinkedHashSet(int initialCapacity)
  {
    super(initialCapacity);
  }

  /**
   * Construct a new, empty HashSet whose backing HashMap has the supplied
   * capacity and load factor.
   *
   * @param initialCapacity the initial capacity of the backing HashMap
   * @param loadFactor the load factor of the backing HashMap
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if either argument is negative, or
   *         if loadFactor is POSITIVE_INFINITY or NaN
   */
  public LinkedHashSet(int initialCapacity, float loadFactor)
  {
    super(initialCapacity, loadFactor);
  }

  /**
   * Construct a new HashSet with the same elements as are in the supplied
   * collection (eliminating any duplicates, of course). The backing storage
   * has twice the size of the collection, or the default size of 11,
   * whichever is greater; and the default load factor (0.75).
   *
   * @param c a collection of initial set elements
   * @throws NullPointerException if c is null
   */
  public LinkedHashSet(Collection c)
  {
    super(c);
  }

  /**
   * Helper method which initializes the backing Map.
   *
   * @param capacity the initial capacity
   * @param load the initial load factor
   * @return the backing HashMap
   */
  HashMap init(int capacity, float load)
  {
    return new LinkedHashMap(capacity, load);
  }

}