Re: HashSet and TreeSet
On 15.11.2006 06:40, Ye Dafeng wrote:
I am searching for job now and I got a question between HashSet and TreeSet.
The question is: serialize the HashSet and TreeSet, then deserialize
them, what is the difference between these two sets.
I could not answer the question. After the interview, I think about the
question carefully, I think after deserializing, the HashSet may not be
reconstructed because the hash code can not be calculated. Is that right?
There is a ton of differences between the two that is totally
independent of serialization (order, lookup times etc.). The only thing
affected by serialization that I can think of relates to the internal
structure - it is likely that the internal hash table of the HashMap
looks differently (size wise) before serialization and after
deserialization - but then again this is just a difference for the pre
and post HashMap instances. You can look into the source code of the
JDK to find out. Other than that I would consider that this might be a
trick question.
Kind regards
robert
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