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class ARRAY_DICTIONARY [V_, K_]
Summary
This dictionary is sorted in the order in which the keys are added. Access time is not good at all: O(n)
Direct parents
Inherit list: DICTIONARY
Class invariant
Overview
Creation features
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Features
Basic access:
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  • has (k: K_): BOOLEAN
    Is there a value currently associated with key k?
  • at (k: K_): V_
    Return the value associated to key k.
  • reference_at (k: K_): V_
    Return Void or the value associated with key k.
  • fast_has (k: K_): BOOLEAN
    Is there a value currently associated with key k?
  • fast_at (k: K_): V_
    Return the value associated to key k using basic = for comparison.
  • fast_reference_at (k: K_): V_
    Same work as reference_at, but basic = is used for comparison.
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  • put (v: V_, k: K_)
    Change some existing entry or add the new one.
  • fast_put (v: V_, k: K_)
    Same job as put, but uses basic = for comparison.
  • add (v: V_, k: K_)
    To add a new entry k with its associated value v.
Removing:
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To provide iterating facilities:
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Other features:
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  • internal_key (k: K_): K_
    Retrieve the internal key object which correspond to the existing entry k (the one memorized into the Current dictionary).
  • copy (other: ARRAY_DICTIONARY [V_, K_])
    Reinitialize by copying all associations of other.
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Implement manifest generic creation:
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Counting:
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Basic access:
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  • infix "@" (k: K_): V_
    The infix notation which is actually a synonym for at.
Looking and searching some value:
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To provide iterating facilities:
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  • lower: INTEGER_32
    Minimum index.
  • upper: INTEGER_32
    Maximum index.
  • first: V_
    The very first item.
  • last: V_
    The last item.
  • key_map_in (buffer: COLLECTION[K_])
    Append in buffer, all available keys (this may be useful to speed up the traversal).
  • item_map_in (buffer: COLLECTION[V_])
    Append in buffer, all available items (this may be useful to speed up the traversal).
  • keys: TRAVERSABLE[K_]
    An iterable of this map keys
  • items: TRAVERSABLE[V_]
    An iterable of this map values Usually returns Current because MAP is TRAVERSABLE.
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  • fast_is_equal (other: ARRAY_DICTIONARY [V_, K_]): BOOLEAN
    Do both dictionaries have the same set of associations?
  • is_equal (other: ARRAY_DICTIONARY [V_, K_]): BOOLEAN
    Do both dictionaries have the same set of associations?
  • is_equal_map (other: ARRAY_DICTIONARY [V_, K_]): BOOLEAN
    Do both collections have the same lower, upper, and items?
Display support:
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Agents based features:
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Other features:
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Indexing:
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has (k: K_): BOOLEAN
effective function
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Is there a value currently associated with key k?
See also fast_has, at.
require
  • k /= Void
at (k: K_): V_
effective function
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Return the value associated to key k.
See also fast_at, reference_at, has.
require
  • has(k)
reference_at (k: K_): V_
effective function
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Return Void or the value associated with key k.
Actually, this feature is useful only when the type of values (the type V_) is a reference type, to avoid using has just followed by at to get the corresponding value with the very best performances.
See also fast_reference_at, at, has.
require
  • k /= Void
  • values_are_not_expanded: Result = Void
ensure
  • has(k) implies Result = at(k)
fast_has (k: K_): BOOLEAN
effective function
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Is there a value currently associated with key k?
Using basic = for comparison.
See also has, at, fast_at.
require
  • k /= Void
fast_at (k: K_): V_
effective function
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Return the value associated to key k using basic = for comparison.
require
  • fast_has(k)
fast_reference_at (k: K_): V_
effective function
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Same work as reference_at, but basic = is used for comparison.
See also reference_at, at, has.
require
  • k /= Void
  • values_are_reference: Result = Void
ensure
  • fast_has(k) implies Result = fast_at(k)
put (v: V_, k: K_)
effective procedure
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Change some existing entry or add the new one.
If there is as yet no key k in the dictionary, enter it with item v. Otherwise overwrite the item associated with key k. As the put procedure actually uses is_equal, you may consider to use fast_put for expanded objects as well while trying to get the very best performances.
See also fast_put, add.
require
  • k /= Void
ensure
  • v = at(k)
fast_put (v: V_, k: K_)
effective procedure
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Same job as put, but uses basic = for comparison.
If you are sure that k is not an existing entry, please consider using add to get very best performances.
See also put, add.
require
  • k /= Void
ensure
  • v = at(k)
add (v: V_, k: K_)
effective procedure
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To add a new entry k with its associated value v.
Actually, this is equivalent to call put, but it may run a little bit faster.
See also put, fast_put.
require
  • not has(k)
ensure
  • count = 1 + old count
  • v = at(k)
remove (k: K_)
effective procedure
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Remove entry k (which may exist or not before this call).
As the remove procedure actually uses is_equal, you may consider to use fast_remove for expanded objects as well while trying to get the very best performances.
See also fast_remove, clear_count.
require
  • k /= Void
ensure
  • not has(k)
fast_remove (k: K_)
effective procedure
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Same job as remove, but uses basic = for comparison.
See also remove, clear_count.
require
  • k /= Void
ensure
  • not fast_has(k)
clear_count
effective procedure
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Discard all items (is_empty is True after that call).
The internal capacity is not changed by this call.
See also clear_count_and_capacity, remove.
ensure
  • is_empty: count = 0
  • capacity = old capacity
clear_count_and_capacity
effective procedure
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Discard all items (is_empty is True after that call).
The internal capacity may also be reduced after this call.
See also clear_count, remove.
ensure
  • is_empty: count = 0
  • capacity <= old capacity
capacity: INTEGER_32
effective function
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Approximation of the actual internal storage capacity.
The capacity will grow automatically when needed (i.e. capacity is not a limit for the number of values stored). Also note that the capacity value may not be always accurate depending of the implementation (anyway, this capacity value is at least equals to count).
count: INTEGER_32
effective function
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Number of available items in the hoard.
See also is_empty
ensure
  • Result >= 0
set_item (v: V_, index: INTEGER_32)
effective procedure
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require
  • valid_index(index)
ensure
  • count = old count
  • v = item(index)
item (index: INTEGER_32): V_
effective function
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Item at the corresponding index i.
See also lower, upper, valid_index.
require
  • valid_index(index)
ensure
  • Result = at(key(index))
key (index: INTEGER_32): K_
effective function
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require
  • valid_index(index)
ensure
  • at(Result) = item(index)
new_iterator_on_items: ITERATOR[V_]
effective function
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ensure
  • Result /= Void
  • Result /= Void
  • Result /= Void
  • Result.generation = generation
new_iterator_on_keys: ITERATOR[K_]
effective function
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ensure
  • Result /= Void
new_iterator: ITERATOR[TUPLE 2[V_, K_]]
effective function
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ensure
  • Result /= Void
internal_key (k: K_): K_
effective function
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Retrieve the internal key object which correspond to the existing entry k (the one memorized into the Current dictionary).
See also has, fast_has.
require
  • has(k)
ensure
  • Result.is_equal(k)
copy (other: ARRAY_DICTIONARY [V_, K_])
effective procedure
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Reinitialize by copying all associations of other.
require
    • not immutable
    • same_dynamic_type(other)
    • not immutable
    • same_dynamic_type(other)
ensure
  • is_equal(other)
make
effective procedure
{}
Creates an empty dictionary.
ensure
  • is_empty
with_capacity (needed_capacity: INTEGER_32)
effective procedure
{}
require
  • needed_capacity >= 0
ensure
keys_storage: FAST_ARRAY[K_]
writable attribute
items_storage: FAST_ARRAY[V_]
writable attribute
manifest_make (needed_capacity: INTEGER_32)
effective procedure
{}
Manifest creation of a dictionary.
manifest_put (index: INTEGER_32, v: V_, k: K_)
effective procedure
{}
require
manifest_semicolon_check: INTEGER_32
is 2
constant attribute
{}
Put semicolons between successive value-key pairs.
key_safe_equal (k1: K_, k2: K_): BOOLEAN
effective function
{}
Because keys are never Void, we do not rely on the SAFE_EQUAL class.
require
  • k1 /= Void
  • k2 /= Void
is_empty: BOOLEAN
effective function
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Is it empty?
ensure
  • definition: Result = count = 0
infix "@" (k: K_): V_
frozen
effective function
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The infix notation which is actually a synonym for at.
require ensure
  • definition: Result = at(k)
occurrences (v: V_): INTEGER_32
effective function
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Number of occurrences using is_equal for comparison.
ensure
  • Result >= 0
fast_occurrences (v: V_): INTEGER_32
effective function
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Number of occurrences using basic = for comparison.
See also occurrences, fast_has, has.
ensure
  • Result >= 0
key_at (v: V_): K_
effective function
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Retrieve the key used for value v using is_equal for comparison.
See also fast_key_at, at.
require ensure
fast_key_at (v: V_): K_
effective function
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Retrieve the key used for value v using = for comparison.
See also key_at, at.
require ensure
  • at(Result) = v
lower: INTEGER_32
is 1
constant attribute
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Minimum index.
See also upper, valid_index, item.
upper: INTEGER_32
effective function
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Maximum index.
See also lower, valid_index, item.
ensure
first: V_
effective function
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The very first item.
See also last, item.
require
  • not is_empty
ensure
  • definition: Result = item(lower)
last: V_
effective function
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The last item.
See also first, item.
require
  • not is_empty
ensure
  • definition: Result = item(upper)
key_map_in (buffer: COLLECTION[K_])
effective procedure
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Append in buffer, all available keys (this may be useful to speed up the traversal).
See also item_map_in.
require
  • buffer /= Void
ensure
  • buffer.count = count + old buffer.count
item_map_in (buffer: COLLECTION[V_])
effective procedure
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Append in buffer, all available items (this may be useful to speed up the traversal).
See also key_map_in.
require
  • buffer /= Void
ensure
  • buffer.count = count + old buffer.count
keys: TRAVERSABLE[K_]
effective function
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An iterable of this map keys
ensure
items: TRAVERSABLE[V_]
effective function
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An iterable of this map values Usually returns Current because MAP is TRAVERSABLE.
ensure
fast_is_equal (other: ARRAY_DICTIONARY [V_, K_]): BOOLEAN
effective function
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Do both dictionaries have the same set of associations?
Keys are compared with is_equal and values are compared with the basic = operator.
See also is_equal.
ensure
is_equal (other: ARRAY_DICTIONARY [V_, K_]): BOOLEAN
effective function
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Do both dictionaries have the same set of associations?
Both keys and values are compared with is_equal.
See also fast_is_equal.
require
    • other /= Void
    • other /= Void
ensure
  • commutative: generating_type = other.generating_type implies Result = other.is_equal(Current)
is_equal_map (other: ARRAY_DICTIONARY [V_, K_]): BOOLEAN
effective function
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Do both collections have the same lower, upper, and items?
This feature is obsolete: Use `is_equal' instead.
out_in_tagged_out_memory
effective procedure
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Append terse printable representation of current object in tagged_out_memory.
require
    • locked: tagged_out_locked
    • locked: tagged_out_locked
ensure
  • still_locked: tagged_out_locked
  • not_cleared: tagged_out_memory.count >= old tagged_out_memory.count
  • append_only: old tagged_out_memory.twin.is_equal(tagged_out_memory.substring(1, old tagged_out_memory.count))
for_each (action: PROCEDURE[TUPLE[TUPLE 2[V_, K_]]])
effective procedure
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Apply action to every [V_, K_] associations of Current.
See also for_all, exist.
require
  • action /= Void
do_all (action: ROUTINE[TUPLE[TUPLE 2[V_, K_]]])
frozen
effective procedure
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Apply action to every [V_, K_] associations of Current.
This feature is obsolete: This feature is not secure because it accepts a FUNCTION, the result of which is lost. Plese use `for_each` instead.
for_all (test: FUNCTION[TUPLE[TUPLE 2[V_, K_]]]): BOOLEAN
effective function
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Do all [V_, K_] associations satisfy test?
See also for_each, exist.
require
  • test /= Void
exists (test: FUNCTION[TUPLE[TUPLE 2[V_, K_]]]): BOOLEAN
effective function
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Does at least one [V_, K_] association satisfy test?
See also for_all, for_each.
require
  • test /= Void
aggregate (action: FUNCTION[TUPLE[TUPLE 3[V_, V_, K_], V_]], initial: V_): V_
effective function
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Aggregate all the elements starting from the initial value.
See also for_each, for_all, exists.
require
  • action /= Void
keys_memory: DICTIONARY_KEY_TRAVERSER[V_, K_]
writable attribute
{}
_inline_agent43 (v: V_, k: K_)
frozen
effective procedure
{}
enumerate: ENUMERATE[E_]
effective function
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get_new_iterator: ITERATOR[E_]
frozen
effective function
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This feature is obsolete: Use `new_iterator' instead. This historical SmartEiffel feature is badly named.
generation: INTEGER_32
writable attribute
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next_generation
effective procedure
{}
ensure
_inline_agent1 (a: ROUTINE[TUPLE[TUPLE 1[E_]]], e: E_)
frozen
effective procedure
{}
valid_index (i: INTEGER_32): BOOLEAN
effective function
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True when i is valid (i.e., inside actual bounds).
See also lower, upper, item.
ensure