Re: Converting a HashMap<String, Thing> into a sorted array
Daniel Dyer wrote:
There's a more concise way:
public Thing[] convert(HashMap<String, Thing> things)
{
Thing[] tArray = things.values().toArray(new Thing[things.size()]);
Arrays.sort(tArray);
return tArray;
}
On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:51:59 +0100, Lew <lew@nowhere.com> wrote:
Another way to express the toArray() call is
Thing [] tArray = things.values().toArray( new Thing [0] );
Daniel Dyer wrote:
The version I posted will copy the contents into the array that is
passed in. With your version, a new array will be created since the
argument array is not big enough (unless the map happens to be empty).
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html#toArray(T[])
"If the collection 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 collection."
Dan.
--Daniel Dyer
http://www.uncommons.org
That's exactly right.
In
Thing[] tArray = things.values().toArray(new Thing[things.size()]);
the "new" of the returned array is explicit and done by the client code.
In
public static final Thing [] ARRAY_TEMPLATE = new Thing [0];
...
Thing [] tArray = things.values().toArray( ARRAY_TEMPLATE );
the "new" of the returned array is hidden in the toArray() call.
> This is not the neatest method in the API.
I guess the reason for the second idiom is convenience for the programmer.
- Lew
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