SortedMap Interface

SortedMap interface extends Map interface to further provide a total ordering on its keys.

 

Important Properties of SortedMap

  • SortedMap is ordered according to the natural ordering of its keys, or by a Comparator typically provided at sorted map creation time.

  • Order is reflected when iterating over the sorted map's collection views returned by the entrySet, keySet and values methods.

  • SortedMap is the map analogue of SortedSet.

  • All keys inserted into a sorted map must implement the Comparable interface or be accepted by the specified comparator.

  • All keys must be mutually comparable or will cause the offending method or constructor invocation to throw a ClassCastException.

  • The ordering maintained by a sorted map must be consistent with equals

    • The behavior of a tree map is well-defined even if its ordering is inconsistent with equals; it just fails to obey the general contract of the Map interface.

  • All general-purpose sorted map implementation classes should provide four "standard" constructors:

    • A no argument constructor, which creates an empty sorted map.

    • A constructor with a single argument of type Comparator, which creates an empty sorted map sorted according to the specified comparator.

    • A constructor with a single argument of type Map, which creates a new map with the same key-value mappings as its argument, sorted according to the keys' natural ordering.

    • A constructor with a single argument of type SortedMap, which creates a new sorted map with the same key-value mappings and the same ordering as the input sorted map.

  • Such ranges submaps returned by various methods are half-open,

    • that is, they include their low endpoint but not their high endpoint (where applicable).

    • If you need a closed range (which includes both endpoints), and the key type allows for calculation of the successor of a given key:

      • SortedMap<String, V> sub = m.subMap(low, high+"\0");

    • We can also generate an open range (which contains neither endpoint). 

      • SortedMap<String, V> sub = m.subMap(low+"\0", high);

 

Important Methods of SortedMap Interface

  • comparator()

    • Returns the comparator used or null if this map uses the natural ordering of its keys.

  • entrySet()

    • Returns a Set view of this map.

  • firstKey()

    • Returns the first (lowest) key currently in this map.

  • headMap(K toKey)

    • Returns a view portion of this map whose keys are strictly less than toKey.

  • keySet()

    • Returns a Set view of the keys contained in this map.

  • lastKey()

    • Returns the last (highest) key currently in this map.

  • subMap(K fromKey, K toKey)

    • Returns a view of the portion of this map whose keys range from fromKey, inclusive, to toKey, exclusive.

  • tailMap(K fromKey)

    • Returns a view of the portion of this map whose keys are greater than or equal to fromKey.

  • values()

    • Returns a Collection view of the values contained in this map.

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