Package it.unimi.dsi.util

Interface StringMap<S extends CharSequence>

All Superinterfaces:
Function<CharSequence,Long>, Function<CharSequence,Long>, Object2LongFunction<CharSequence>, Serializable, ToLongFunction<CharSequence>
All Known Subinterfaces:
PrefixMap<S>
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractPrefixMap, ImmutableExternalPrefixMap, LiterallySignedStringMap, ShiftAddXorSignedStringMap, StringMaps.SynchronizedPrefixMap, StringMaps.SynchronizedStringMap, TernaryIntervalSearchTree
public interface StringMap<S extends CharSequence> extends Object2LongFunction<CharSequence>, Serializable
A map from strings to numbers (and possibly vice versa).

String maps represent mappings from strings (actually, any subclass of CharSequence) to numbers; they can support reverse mapping, too. The latter has usually sense only if the map is minimal and perfect (e.g., a bijection of a set of string with an initial segment of the natural numbers of the same size). String maps are useful for terms of an MG4J inverted index, URLs of a WebGraph-compressed web snapshot, and so on.

Warning: the return value of list() is a fastutil ObjectList. This in principle is not sensible, as string maps return longs (they extend Object2LongFunction), and ObjectList has only integer index support. If you need long indices, please consider using StringMap.

Since:
0.2
Author:
Sebastiano Vigna

  • Method Details

    • list

      ObjectList<? extends S> list()
      Returns a list view of the domain of this string map (optional operation).

      Note that the list view acts as an inverse of the mapping implemented by this map.

      Returns:
      a list view of the domain of this string map, or null if this map does not support this operation.