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10.4: Exercise 8

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    In this exercise, you will finish off the implementation of MyBetterMap. In the repository for this book, you’ll find the source files for this exercise:

    • MyLinearMap.java contains our solution to the previous exercise, which we will build on in this exercise.
    • MyBetterMap.java contains the code from the previous chapter with some methods you will fill in.
    • MyHashMap.java contains the outline of a hash table that grows when needed, which you will complete.
    • MyLinearMapTest.java contains the unit tests for MyLinearMap.
    • MyBetterMapTest.java contains the unit tests for MyBetterMap.
    • MyHashMapTest.java contains the unit tests for MyHashMap.
    • Profiler.java contains code for measuring and plotting run time versus problem size.
    • ProfileMapPut.java contains code that profiles the Map.put method.

    As usual, you should run ant build to compile the source files. Then run ant MyBetterMapTest. Several tests should fail, because you have some work to do!

    Review the implementation of put and get from the previous chapter. Then fill in the body of containsKey.

    Hint

    Use chooseMap.

    Run ant MyBetterMapTest again and confirm that testContainsKey passes.

    Fill in the body of containsValue.

    Hint

    Don’t use chooseMap.

    Run ant MyBetterMapTest again and confirm that testContainsValue passes. Notice that we have to do more work to find a value than to find a key.

    Like put and get, this implementation of containsKey is linear, because it has to search one of the embedded sub-maps. In the next chapter, we’ll see how we can improve this implementation even more.


    This page titled 10.4: Exercise 8 is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Allen B. Downey (Green Tea Press) .

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