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Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap)

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On 10/10/2012 1:45 PM, Jim Janney wrote:
> Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> writes:
>
>> Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> On 10/10/2012 11:00 AM, Jim Janney wrote:
>>>> Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> writes:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>> If I really needed that functionality I'd probably try maintaining my
>>>>> own access-order list in parallel to the map.
>>>>
>>>> Oops, stupid me.  The other way is to define a comparator based on
>>>> insertion order, and then use a SortedMap.
>>>
>>>      Defining the comparator might be something of a struggle,
>>> especially if the same object instance could be referred to by
>>> two different LinkedHashMaps.
>>
>> The trick is finding a way to link the ordering information (probably a
>> counter assocated with the map) with the keys themselves.  This is the
>> kind of problem where IdentityHashMap comes in handy.
>
> Voila:
>
>
> import java.util.Map;
> import java.util.TreeMap;
> import java.util.WeakHashMap;
>
> public class InsertionOrderedMap<K,V> extends TreeMap<K,V> {
>    private long nextInsertionRank = 0;
>    private Map<K, Long> insertionRanks = new WeakHashMap<K, Long>();
>    [... in which a sequence number is stored.]

     Okay, fine, but how does this qualify as an "other" way?
To my eye it looks exactly like "my own access-order list in
parallel to the map," and not something "other" at all.

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid

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Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-10-04 14:09 +0200
  Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-10-04 23:01 +0200
    Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-04 14:43 -0700
      Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-10-05 00:17 +0200
      Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-10-05 19:11 +0200
        Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-05 11:05 -0700
          Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-10-05 20:18 +0200
          Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-05 12:06 -0700
            Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-05 13:04 -0700
              Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-10-05 23:44 +0200
                Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-10-05 23:50 +0200
                Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-10-06 00:00 +0200
                Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-10-05 23:39 +0000
                Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-10-06 12:18 +0200
                Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-10-06 12:22 +0200
              Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-05 15:51 -0700
          Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-10-06 13:53 +0200
  Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-10-09 14:16 -0600
    Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-10-10 09:00 -0600
      Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-10 11:34 -0400
        Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-10-10 10:28 -0600
          Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-10-10 11:45 -0600
            Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-10 10:52 -0700
              Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-10-10 12:47 -0600
                Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-10-11 14:17 -0600
            Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-10 18:20 -0400
              Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-10-10 16:51 -0600
                Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-10-12 14:34 +0200
                Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com> - 2012-10-12 09:12 -0600
                Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-12 11:42 -0400
                Re: Glitch in Java Collections (No descendingMap in LinkedHashMap) Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2012-10-12 21:02 +0200

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