Custom HashMap implementation

Question

This question was asked to me in an interview. I think the only way to get best solution is SOF. So the question was \"How would you implement a custom HashMap in java(A

Answer 1

Look at Cliff Click's nonblockinghahmap for an example of a need for a hashmap implemented in java. Remember that an associated array is just another name for a hash map, so he's asking you how to implement it.

Generally hashes are implemented using standard arrays (not lists or anything fancy for speed). The issue is what is inside each of these arrays... in the case of a hash collision do you want to use a LinkedList (chaining) or do you want to rehash and go to another array location (open addressing). Read some more computer science to learn the cost/benefit to doing both.

Answer 2

Whenever there is no value present at a particular index, we will directly place the Entry object at that index. Else, we will traverse the LinkedList until we reach the last entry of the list and place the new entry object as the next node of the last entry object. In the process, if we find the key already exists then we simply replace its value with the new one.

public void put(K key, V value){
        int index = index(key);
        Entry newEntry = new Entry(key, value, null);
        if(table[index] == null){
            table[index] = newEntry;
        }else {
            Entry previousNode = null;
            Entry currentNode = table[index];
            while(currentNode != null){
                if(currentNode.getKey().equals(key)){
                    currentNode.setValue(value);
                    break;
                }
                previousNode = currentNode;
                currentNode = currentNode.getNext();
            }
            if(previousNode != null)
                previousNode.setNext(newEntry);
            }
    }

Answer 3

Short Answer:

It would be an array of arrays (or Lists).

Object[][] map;

where map[bucketIndex] would return the 'bucket'.

When inserting something you need a function to calculate bucketIndex this would use the hashcode of the inserted object.

Boom done!

:)

Answer 4

You should use one dimensional array. Object[] arr.

The index of the array is the normalized hashcode from the Key object. The array holds the Pair.

The reason the value consists of both Key and Value is that if there is any hash collision , it has to go thru the list of keys inside the slot and find out which is the correct key (using equals on the key object).

Answer 5

References: - http://javarevisited.blogspot.sg/2011/10/override-hashcode-in-java-example.html - http://javarevisited.blogspot.in/2011/02/how-to-write-equals-method-in-java.html

class Entry<K, V> {
    K key;
    V val;

    public K getKey() {
        return key;
    }

    public void setKey(K key) {
        this.key = key;
    }

    public V getVal() {
        return val;
    }

    public void setVal(V val) {
        this.val = val;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        int prime = 13;
        int mul = 11;
        if (key != null) {
            int hashCode = prime * mul + key.hashCode();
            return hashCode;
        }
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if (this == o) {
            return true;
        }
        if (o == null || this.getClass().getName() != o.getClass().getName()) {
            return false;
        }
        Entry e = (Entry) o;
        if (this.key == e.key) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

public class HashMapImpl<K, V> {
    private float loadfactor = 0.75f;
    private int capacity = 100;
    private int size = 0;
    private Entry<K, V> table[] = new Entry[capacity];

    private int Hashing(int hashCode) {
        int location = hashCode % capacity;
        System.out.println("Location:"+location);
        return location;
    }

    public int size() {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return this.size;
    }

    public boolean isEmpty() {
        if(this.size == 0) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    public boolean containsKey(Object key) {
        if(key == null) {
            if(table[0].getKey() == null) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        int location = Hashing(key.hashCode());
        Entry e = null;
        try {
            e = table[location];
        }catch(NullPointerException ex) {

        }
        if(e!= null && e.getKey() == key) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    public boolean containsValue(Object value) {
        for(int i=0; i<table.length;i++) {
            if(table[i] != null && table[i].getVal() == value) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    public V get(K key) {
        V ret = null;
        if(key == null) {
            Entry<K, V> e = null;
            try{
                e = table[0];
            }catch(NullPointerException ex) {

            }
            if(e != null) {
                return (V) e.getVal();
            }
        } else {
            int location = Hashing(key.hashCode());
            Entry<K, V> e = null;
            try{
            e = table[location];
            }catch(NullPointerException ex) {

            }
            if(e!= null && e.getKey() == key) {
                return (V)e.getVal();
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }

    public V put(K key, V val) {
        V ret = null;
        if (key == null) {
            ret = putForNullKey(val);
            return ret;
        } else {
            int location = Hashing(key.hashCode());
            if(location >= capacity) {
                System.out.println("Rehashing required");
                return null;
            }
            Entry<K, V> e = null;
            try{
            e = table[location];
            }catch(NullPointerException ex) {

            }
            if (e!= null && e.getKey() == key) {
                ret = (V) e.getVal();
            } else {
                Entry<K, V> eNew = new Entry<K,V>();
                eNew.setKey(key);
                eNew.setVal(val);
                table[location] = eNew;
                size++;
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }

    private V putForNullKey(V val) {
        Entry<K, V> e = null;
        try {
            e = table[0];
        }catch(NullPointerException ex) {

        }
        V ret = null;
        if (e != null && e.getKey() == null) {
            ret = (V) e.getVal();
            e.setVal(val);
            return ret;
        } else {
            Entry<K, V> eNew = new Entry<K,V>();
            eNew.setKey(null);
            eNew.setVal(val);
            table[0] = eNew;
            size++;
        }
        return ret;
    }

    public V remove(K key) {
        int location = Hashing(key.hashCode());
        V ret = null;
        if(table[location].getKey() == key) {
            for(int i=location; i<table.length;i++) {
                table[i] = table[i+1];
            }
        }
        return ret;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        HashMapImpl<Integer, String> hashMap = new HashMapImpl<Integer, String>();
        hashMap.put(10, "Apple");
        hashMap.put(1, "Orange");
        hashMap.put(79, "Grape");
        System.out.println("Val at 79 "+hashMap.get(79));
        System.out.println("Val at 1 "+hashMap.get(1));
        System.out.println("Val at 10 "+hashMap.get(10));
        System.out.println("Val at 2 "+hashMap.get(2));
        hashMap.put(null, "Pear");
        System.out.println("Val at null "+hashMap.get(null));
        System.out.println("Hashmap has key at null:"+hashMap.containsKey(null));
        System.out.println("Hashmap has value at null:"+hashMap.containsValue("Pear"));
        System.out.println("Size of Map:"+hashMap.size());
    }


}

Answer 6

public class ArrayAsHashMap {

    Object [][] hashArr  = new Object [10] [2];

    public void put(HashObject key, String value){
        int index = key.hashCode();
        Object [] arr = {key, value};
        hashArr[index] = arr;
    }

    public String get(HashObject key){
        int index = key.hashCode();
        Object [] arr = hashArr[index];
        return (String)arr[1];

    }        

}