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cvs commit: jakarta-commons/collections/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections NodeCachingLinkedList.java

scolebourne    2002/11/18 15:58:17

  Added:       collections/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections
                        NodeCachingLinkedList.java
  Log:
  Performance optimised LinkedList, from Jeff Varszegi
  
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  1.1                  jakarta-commons/collections/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/NodeCachingLinkedList.java
  
  Index: NodeCachingLinkedList.java
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  package org.apache.commons.collections;
  
  import java.io.Serializable;
  import java.util.Collection;
  import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException;
  import java.util.Iterator;
  import java.util.LinkedList;
  import java.util.List;
  import java.util.ListIterator;
  import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
  /**
   * <code>NodeCachingLinkedList</code> is a linked list implementation that 
   * provides better performance than java.util.LinkedList.
   * <p>
   * This class differs from java.util.LinkedList in that internal Node 
   * objects used to hold the elements are not necessarily thrown away when an
   * entry is removed from the list. Instead, they are cached, which allows this
   * implementation to give better performance than java.util.LinkedList with a
   * small space penalty.
   * <p>
   * <b>Note that this implementation is not synchronized.</b> If multiple
   * threads access a list concurrently, and at least one of the threads
   * modifies the list structurally, it <i>must</i> be synchronized
   * externally.
   * <p>
   * The iterators returned by the this class's <code>iterator</code> and
   * <code>listIterator</code> methods are <i>fail-fast</i>: if the list is
   * structurally modified at any time after the iterator is created, in any way
   * except through the Iterator's own <code>remove</code> or <code>add</code> methods,
   * the iterator will throw a <code>ConcurrentModificationException</code>.  Thus,
   * in the face of concurrent modification, the iterator fails quickly and
   * cleanly, rather than risking arbitrary, non-deterministic behavior at an
   * undetermined time in the future.
   * <p>
   * <p>Note that the fail-fast behavior of an iterator cannot be guaranteed
   * as it is, generally speaking, impossible to make any hard guarantees in the
   * presence of unsynchronized concurrent modification.  Fail-fast iterators
   * throw <code>ConcurrentModificationException</code> on a best-effort basis. 
   * Therefore, it would be wrong to write a program that depended on this
   * exception for its correctness:   <i>the fail-fast behavior of iterators
   * should be used only to detect bugs.</i>
   *
   * @author Jeff Varszegi
   */
  public final class NodeCachingLinkedList 
          extends LinkedList 
          implements List, Cloneable, Serializable {
              
      private static final int MINIMUM_MAXIMUM_CACHE_SIZE = 100;
      private static final int DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_CACHE_SIZE = 1000000;
  
      private Node cacheHeader = new Node(null, null, null);
      private int cacheCount = 0;
  
      private int maximumCacheSize = DEFAULT_MAXIMUM_CACHE_SIZE;
  
      private Node header = new Node(null, null, null);
      private int size = 0;
      
      /**
       * Constructs an empty list.
       */
      public NodeCachingLinkedList() {
          header.next = header.previous = header;
      }
  
      /**
       * Constructs a list containing the elements of the specified
       * collection, in the order they are returned by the collection's
       * iterator.
       *
       * @param coll the collection whose elements are to be placed into this list.
       * @throws NullPointerException if the specified collection is null.
       */
      public NodeCachingLinkedList(Collection coll) {
          this();
          addAll(coll);
      }
      
      /**
       * Sets the maximum number of elements that may be held in the internal
       * reusable node cache.
       * 
       * @return the maximum cache size
       */
      public int getMaximumCacheSize() {
          return maximumCacheSize;
      }
  
      /**
       * Sets the maximum number of elements that may be held in the internal
       * reusable node cache.
       * 
       * @param maximumCacheSize the maximum cache size to set
       */
      public void setMaximumCacheSize(int maximumCacheSize) {
          this.maximumCacheSize = maximumCacheSize;
      }
      
      /**
       * Returns the first element in this list.
       * 
       * @return the first object in the list
       * @throws NoSuchElementException if this list is empty
       */
      public Object getFirst() {
          if (size == 0) {
              throw new NoSuchElementException();
          }
          else {
              return header.next.element;
          }
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns the last element in this list.
       * 
       * @return the last object in the list
       * @throws NoSuchElementException if this list is empty
       */
      public Object getLast() {
          if (size == 0) {
              throw new NoSuchElementException();
          }
          return header.previous.element;
      }
  
      /**
       * Removes and returns the first element from this list.
       *
       * @return the first element from this list, now removed
       * @throws NoSuchElementException if this list is empty
       */
      public Object removeFirst() {
          if (size == 0) {
              throw new NoSuchElementException(); 
          }
          Node firstNode = header.next;
          Object first = firstNode.element;
          
          firstNode.next.previous = header;
          header.next = firstNode.next;
          size--;
          modCount++;
  
          if (cacheCount < maximumCacheSize) {
              
              firstNode.element = null;
              firstNode.next = cacheHeader.next;
              cacheHeader.next = firstNode;
              cacheCount++;
          }
                  
          return first;
      }
  
      /**
       * Removes and returns the last element from this list.
       *
       * @return the last element from this list, now removed
       * @throws NoSuchElementException if this list is empty
       */
      public Object removeLast() {
          if (size == 0) {
              throw new NoSuchElementException(); 
  
          }
          Node lastNode = header.previous;
          Object last = lastNode.element;
  
          lastNode.previous.next = header;
          header.previous = lastNode.previous;
          size--;
          modCount++;
  
          if (cacheCount < maximumCacheSize) {
              lastNode.element = null;
              lastNode.previous = null;
              lastNode.next = cacheHeader.next;
              cacheHeader.next = lastNode;
              cacheCount++;
          }
          
          return last;
      }
      
      /**
       * Inserts the given element at the beginning of this list.
       * 
       * @param obj the element to be inserted at the beginning of this list
       */
      public void addFirst(Object obj) {
          Node newNode;
            
          if (cacheCount > 0) {
              newNode = cacheHeader.next;
              cacheHeader.next = newNode.next;
              newNode.element = obj;
              newNode.next = header.next;
              newNode.previous = header;
              cacheCount--;
          }
          else {
              newNode = new Node(obj, header.next, header);
          }
          
          newNode.previous.next = newNode;
          newNode.next.previous = newNode;
          size++;
          modCount++;
      }
      
      /**
       * Appends the given element to the end of this list.  (Identical in
       * function to the <code>add</code> method; included only for consistency.)
       * 
       * @param obj the element to be inserted at the end of this list
       */
      public void addLast(Object obj) {
          Node newNode;
  
          if (cacheCount > 0) {
              newNode = cacheHeader.next;
              cacheHeader.next = newNode.next;
              newNode.element = obj;
              newNode.next = header.next;
              newNode.previous = header;
              cacheCount--;
          }
          else {
              newNode = new Node(obj, header, header.previous);
          }
  
  
    
          newNode.previous.next = newNode;
          newNode.next.previous = newNode;
          size++;
          modCount++;
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns <code>true</code> if this list contains the specified element.
       * More formally, returns <code>true</code> if and only if this list contains
       * at least one element <code>e</code> such that <code>(o==null ? e==null
       * : o.equals(e))</code>.
       *
       * @param obj element whose presence in this list is to be tested
       * @return <code>true</code> if this list contains the specified element
       */
      public boolean contains(Object obj) {
          return indexOf(obj) != -1;
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns the number of elements in this list.
       *
       * @return the number of elements in this list
       */
      public int size() {
          return size;
      }
  
      /**
       * Appends the specified element to the end of this list.
       *
       * @param obj element to be appended to this list.
       * @return <code>true</code> (as per the general contract of
       * <code>Collection.add</code>)
       */
      public boolean add(Object obj) {
          addLast(obj);
          return true;
      }
  
      /**
       * Removes the first occurrence of the specified element in this list.  If
       * the list does not contain the element, it is unchanged.  More formally,
       * removes the element with the lowest index <code>i</code> such that
       * <code>(o==null ? get(i)==null : o.equals(get(i)))</code> (if such an
       * element exists).
       *
       * @param obj element to be removed from this list, if present
       * @return <code>true</code> if the list contained the specified element
       */
      public boolean remove(Object obj) {
          if (obj == null) {
              for (Node e = header.next; e != header; e = e.next) {
                  if (e.element == null) {
                      remove(e);
                      return true;
                  }
              }
          }
          else {
              for (Node e = header.next; e != header; e = e.next) {
                  if (obj.equals(e.element)) {
                      remove(e);
                      return true;
                  }
              }
          }
          return false;
      }
  
      /**
       * Appends all of the elements in the specified collection to the end of
       * this list, in the order that they are returned by the specified
       * collection's iterator.  The behavior of this operation is undefined if
       * the specified collection is modified while the operation is in
       * progress.  (This implies that the behavior of this call is undefined if
       * the specified Collection is this list, and this list is nonempty.)
       *
       * @param coll the elements to be inserted into this list
       * @return <code>true</code> if this list changed as a result of the call
       * @throws NullPointerException if the specified collection is null
       */
      public boolean addAll(Collection coll) {
          return addAll(size, coll);
      }
  
      /**
       * Inserts all of the elements in the specified collection into this
       * list, starting at the specified position.  Shifts the element
       * currently at that position (if any) and any subsequent elements to
       * the right (increases their indices).  The new elements will appear
       * in the list in the order that they are returned by the
       * specified collection's iterator.
       *
       * @param index index at which to insert first element
       *          from the specified collection
       * @param coll elements to be inserted into this list
       * @return <code>true</code> if this list changed as a result of the call
       * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified index is out of
       *            range (<code>index &lt; 0 || index &gt; size()</code>)
       * @throws NullPointerException if the specified collection is null
       */
      public boolean addAll(int index, Collection coll) {
          int numNew = coll.size();
          if (numNew == 0)
              return false;
          modCount++;
  
          Node successor = (index == size ? header : entry(index));
          Node predecessor = successor.previous;
          Iterator it = coll.iterator();
          for (int i = 0; i < numNew; i++) {
              Node e; 
              if (cacheCount > 0) {
                  e = cacheHeader.next;
                  cacheHeader.next = e.next;
                  e.element = it.next();
                  e.next = successor;
                  e.previous = predecessor;
              }
              else {
                  e = new Node(it.next(), successor, predecessor);
              }
              
              predecessor.next = e;
              predecessor = e;
          }
          successor.previous = predecessor;
  
          size += numNew;
          return true;
      }
  
      /**
       * Removes all of the elements from this list.
       */
      public void clear() {
          modCount++;
          header.next = header.previous = header;
          size = 0;
      }
  
      // Positional Access Operations
  
      /**
       * Returns the element at the specified position in this list.
       *
       * @param index index of element to return
       * @return the element at the specified position in this list
       * 
       * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified index is is out of
       * range (<code>index &lt; 0 || index &gt;= size()</code>)
       */
      public Object get(int index) {
          if (index < 0 || index >= size) {
              throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Index: " + index + ", Size: " + size);
          }
          Node e = header;
          if (index < (size >> 1)) {
              for (int i = 0; i <= index; i++) {
                  e = e.next;
              }
          }
          else {
              for (int i = size; i > index; i--) {
                  e = e.previous;
              }
          }
          return e.element;
      }
  
      /**
       * Replaces the element at the specified position in this list with the
       * specified element.
       *
       * @param index index of element to replace
       * @param element element to be stored at the specified position
       * @return the element previously at the specified position
       * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified index is out of
       *        range (<code>index &lt; 0 || index &gt;= size()</code>)
       */
      public Object set(int index, Object element) {
          Node e = entry(index);
          Object oldVal = e.element;
          e.element = element;
          return oldVal;
      }
  
      /**
       * Inserts the specified element at the specified position in this list.
       * Shifts the element currently at that position (if any) and any
       * subsequent elements to the right (adds one to their indices).
       *
       * @param index index at which the specified element is to be inserted
       * @param element element to be inserted
       * 
       * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified index is out of
       *        range (<code>index &lt; 0 || index &gt; size()</code>)
       */
      public void add(int index, Object element) {
          Node e = (index == size ? header : entry(index));
          Node newNode; 
          if (cacheCount > 0) {
              newNode = cacheHeader.next;
              cacheHeader.next = newNode.next;
              newNode.element = element;
              newNode.next = e;
              newNode.previous = e.previous;
          }
          else {
              newNode = new Node(element, e, e.previous);
          }
          
          newNode.previous.next = newNode;
          newNode.next.previous = newNode;
          size++;
          modCount++;
      }
  
      /**
       * Removes the element at the specified position in this list.  Shifts any
       * subsequent elements to the left (subtracts one from their indices).
       * Returns the element that was removed from the list.
       *
       * @param index the index of the element to removed
       * @return the element previously at the specified position
       * 
       * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the specified index is out of
       *        range (<code>index &lt; 0 || index &gt;= size()</code>)
       */
      public Object remove(int index) {
          Node e = entry(index);
          Object data = e.element;
          remove(e);
          return data;
      }
  
      /**
       * Return the indexed entry.
       */
      private Node entry(int index) {
          if (index < 0 || index >= size) {
              throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Index: " + index + ", Size: " + size);
          }
          Node e = header;
          if (index < (size >> 1)) {
              for (int i = 0; i <= index; i++) {
                  e = e.next;
              }
          }
          else {
              for (int i = size; i > index; i--) {
                  e = e.previous;
              }
          }
          return e;
      }
  
      // Search Operations
  
      /**
       * Returns the index in this list of the first occurrence of the
       * specified element, or -1 if the List does not contain this
       * element.  More formally, returns the lowest index i such that
       * <code>(o==null ? get(i)==null : o.equals(get(i)))</code>, or -1 if
       * there is no such index.
       *
       * @param obj element to search for
       * @return the index in this list of the first occurrence of the
       *         specified element, or -1 if the list does not contain this
       *         element
       */
      public int indexOf(Object obj) {
          int index = 0;
          if (obj == null) {
              for (Node e = header.next; e != header; e = e.next) {
                  if (e.element == null)
                      return index;
                  index++;
              }
          }
          else {
              for (Node e = header.next; e != header; e = e.next) {
                  if (obj.equals(e.element))
                      return index;
                  index++;
              }
          }
          return -1;
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns the index in this list of the last occurrence of the
       * specified element, or -1 if the list does not contain this
       * element.  More formally, returns the highest index i such that
       * <code>(o==null ? get(i)==null : o.equals(get(i)))</code>, or -1 if
       * there is no such index.
       *
       * @param obj element to search for
       * @return the index in this list of the last occurrence of the
       *         specified element, or -1 if the list does not contain this
       *         element
       */
      public int lastIndexOf(Object obj) {
          int index = size;
          if (obj == null) {
              for (Node e = header.previous; e != header; e = e.previous) {
                  index--;
                  if (e.element == null)
                      return index;
              }
          }
          else {
              for (Node e = header.previous; e != header; e = e.previous) {
                  index--;
                  if (obj.equals(e.element))
                      return index;
              }
          }
          return -1;
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns a list-iterator of the elements in this list (in proper
       * sequence), starting at the specified position in the list.
       * Obeys the general contract of <code>List.listIterator(int)</code>.<p>
       * <p>
       * The list-iterator is <i>fail-fast</i>: if the list is structurally
       * modified at any time after the Iterator is created, in any way except
       * through the list-iterator's own <code>remove</code> or <code>add</code>
       * methods, the list-iterator will throw a
       * <code>ConcurrentModificationException</code>.  Thus, in the face of
       * concurrent modification, the iterator fails quickly and cleanly, rather
       * than risking arbitrary, non-deterministic behavior at an undetermined
       * time in the future.
       *
       * @param index index of first element to be returned from the
       *          list-iterator (by a call to <code>next</code>)
       * @return a ListIterator of the elements in this list (in proper
       *         sequence), starting at the specified position in the list
       * @throws    IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is out of range
       *        (<code>index &lt; 0 || index &gt; size()</code>)
       * @see List#listIterator(int)
       */
      public ListIterator listIterator(int index) {
          return new ListItr(index);
      }
  
      private final class ListItr implements ListIterator {
          private Node lastReturned = header;
          private Node next;
          private int nextIndex;
          private int expectedModCount = modCount;
  
          ListItr(int index) {
              if (index < 0 || index > size)
                  throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Index: " + index + ", Size: " + size);
              if (index < (size >> 1)) {
                  next = header.next;
                  for (nextIndex = 0; nextIndex < index; nextIndex++)
                      next = next.next;
              }
              else {
                  next = header;
                  for (nextIndex = size; nextIndex > index; nextIndex--)
                      next = next.previous;
              }
          }
  
          public boolean hasNext() {
              return nextIndex != size;
          }
  
          public Object next() {
              checkForComodification();
              if (nextIndex == size)
                  throw new NoSuchElementException();
  
              lastReturned = next;
              next = next.next;
              nextIndex++;
              return lastReturned.element;
          }
  
          public boolean hasPrevious() {
              return nextIndex != 0;
          }
  
          public Object previous() {
              if (nextIndex == 0)
                  throw new NoSuchElementException();
  
              lastReturned = next = next.previous;
              nextIndex--;
              checkForComodification();
              return lastReturned.element;
          }
  
          public int nextIndex() {
              return nextIndex;
          }
  
          public int previousIndex() {
              return nextIndex - 1;
          }
  
          public void remove() {
              checkForComodification();
              try {
                  NodeCachingLinkedList.this.remove(lastReturned);
              }
              catch (NoSuchElementException e) {
                  throw new IllegalStateException();
              }
              if (next == lastReturned)
                  next = lastReturned.next;
              else
                  nextIndex--;
              lastReturned = header;
              expectedModCount++;
          }
  
          public void set(Object o) {
              if (lastReturned == header)
                  throw new IllegalStateException();
              checkForComodification();
              lastReturned.element = o;
          }
  
          public void add(Object o) {
              checkForComodification();
              lastReturned = header;
  
              Node newNode; 
              if (cacheCount > 0) {
                  newNode = cacheHeader.next;
                  cacheHeader.next = newNode.next;
                  newNode.element = o;
                  newNode.next = next;
                  newNode.previous = next.previous;
              }
              else {
                  newNode = new Node(o, next, next.previous);
              }
              
              newNode.previous.next = newNode;
              newNode.next.previous = newNode;
              size++;
              modCount++;
  
              nextIndex++;
              expectedModCount++;
          }
  
          private void checkForComodification() {
              if (modCount != expectedModCount)
                  throw new ConcurrentModificationException();
          }
      }
  
      private final static class Node implements Serializable {
          Object element;
          Node next;
          Node previous;
  
          Node(Object element, Node next, Node previous) {
              this.element = element;
              this.next = next;
              this.previous = previous;
          }
      }
  
  
      private Node addsBefore(Object o, Node e) {
          Node newNode; 
          if (cacheCount > 0) {
              newNode = cacheHeader.next;
              cacheHeader.next = newNode.next;
              newNode.element = o;
              newNode.next = e;
              newNode.previous = e.previous;
          }
          else {
              newNode = new Node(o, e, e.previous);
          }
          
          newNode.previous.next = newNode;
          newNode.next.previous = newNode;
          size++;
          modCount++;
          return newNode;
      }
  
  
      private void remove(Node e) {
          if (e == header) {
              throw new NoSuchElementException();
          }
          e.previous.next = e.next;
          e.next.previous = e.previous;
          size--;
          modCount++;
          
          if (cacheCount < maximumCacheSize) {
              e.element = null;
              e.previous = null;
              e.next = cacheHeader.next;
              cacheHeader.next = e;
              cacheCount++;
          }
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns a shallow copy of this <code>NodeCachingLinkedList</code>. (The elements
       * themselves are not cloned.)
       *
       * @return a shallow copy of this <code>NodeCachingLinkedList</code> instance
       */
      public Object clone() {
          NodeCachingLinkedList clone = new NodeCachingLinkedList();
          clone.setMaximumCacheSize(maximumCacheSize);
          
          // Initialize clone with our elements
          for (Node e = header.next; e != header; e = e.next) {
              clone.add(e.element);
          }
  
          return clone;
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns an array containing all of the elements in this list
       * in the correct order.
       *
       * @return an array containing all of the elements in this list
       *         in the correct order
       */
      public Object[] toArray() {
          Object[] result = new Object[size];
          int i = 0;
          for (Node e = header.next; e != header; e = e.next)
              result[i++] = e.element;
          return result;
      }
  
      /**
       * Returns an array containing all of the elements in this list in
       * the correct order; the runtime type of the returned array is that of
       * the specified array.  If the list fits in the specified array, it
       * is returned therein.  Otherwise, a new array is allocated with the
       * runtime type of the specified array and the size of this list.<p>
       * <p>
       * If the list fits in the specified array with room to spare
       * (i.e., the array has more elements than the list),
       * the element in the array immediately following the end of the
       * collection is set to null.  This is useful in determining the length
       * of the list <i>only</i> if the caller knows that the list
       * does not contain any null elements.
       *
       * @param a the array into which the elements of the list are to
       *      be stored, if it is big enough; otherwise, a new array of the
       *      same runtime type is allocated for this purpose
       * @return an array containing the elements of the list
       * @throws ArrayStoreException if the runtime type of a is not a
       *         supertype of the runtime type of every element in this list
       * @throws NullPointerException if the specified array is null
       */
      public Object[] toArray(Object a[]) {
          if (a.length < size)
              a = (Object[]) java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(a.getClass().getComponentType(), size);
          int i = 0;
          for (Node e = header.next; e != header; e = e.next)
              a[i++] = e.element;
  
          if (a.length > size)
              a[size] = null;
  
          return a;
      }
      
  }
  
  
  

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