ArrayMap

Class Overview

ArrayMap is a generic key->value mapping data structure that is designed to be more memory efficient than a traditional HashMap, this implementation is a version of the platform's ArrayMap that can be used on older versions of the platform. It keeps its mappings in an array data structure -- an integer array of hash codes for each item, and an Object array of the key/value pairs. This allows it to avoid having to create an extra object for every entry put in to the map, and it also tries to control the growth of the size of these arrays more aggressively (since growing them only requires copying the entries in the array, not rebuilding a hash map).

If you don't need the standard Java container APIs provided here (iterators etc), consider using SimpleArrayMap instead.

Note that this implementation is not intended to be appropriate for data structures that may contain large numbers of items. It is generally slower than a traditional HashMap, since lookups require a binary search and adds and removes require inserting and deleting entries in the array. For containers holding up to hundreds of items, the performance difference is not significant, less than 50%.

Because this container is intended to better balance memory use, unlike most other standard Java containers it will shrink its array as items are removed from it. Currently you have no control over this shrinking -- if you set a capacity and then remove an item, it may reduce the capacity to better match the current size. In the future an explicit call to set the capacity should turn off this aggressive shrinking behavior.

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From class android.support.v4.util.SimpleArrayMap void clear() Make the array map empty. boolean containsKey(Object key) Check whether a key exists in the array. boolean containsValue(Object value) Check whether a value exists in the array. void ensureCapacity(int minimumCapacity) Ensure the array map can hold at least minimumCapacity items. boolean equals(Object object) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal. This implementation returns false if the object is not a map, or if the maps have different sizes. V get(Object key) Retrieve a value from the array. int hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object. boolean isEmpty() Return true if the array map contains no items. K keyAt(int index) Return the key at the given index in the array. V put(K key, V value) Add a new value to the array map. void putAll(SimpleArrayMap<? extends K, ? extends V> array) Perform a put(Object, Object) of all key/value pairs in array V remove(Object key) Remove an existing key from the array map. V removeAt(int index) Remove the key/value mapping at the given index. V setValueAt(int index, V value) Set the value at a given index in the array. int size() Return the number of items in this array map. String toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. This implementation composes a string by iterating over its mappings. V valueAt(int index) Return the value at the given index in the array.
From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object. boolean equals(Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal. void finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class. int hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object. final void notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. final void notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. String toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. final void wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object. final void wait(long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires. final void wait(long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
From interface java.util.Map abstract void clear() Removes all elements from this Map, leaving it empty. abstract boolean containsKey(Object key) Returns whether this Map contains the specified key. abstract boolean containsValue(Object value) Returns whether this Map contains the specified value. abstract Set<Entry<K, V>> entrySet() Returns a Set containing all of the mappings in this Map. abstract boolean equals(Object object) Compares the argument to the receiver, and returns true if the specified object is a Map and both Maps contain the same mappings. abstract V get(Object key) Returns the value of the mapping with the specified key. abstract int hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for the receiver. abstract boolean isEmpty() Returns whether this map is empty. abstract Set<K> keySet() Returns a set of the keys contained in this Map. abstract V put(K key, V value) Maps the specified key to the specified value. abstract void putAll(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> map) Copies every mapping in the specified Map to this Map. abstract V remove(Object key) Removes a mapping with the specified key from this Map. abstract int size() Returns the number of mappings in this Map. abstract Collection<V> values() Returns a Collection of the values contained in this Map.