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import java.util.Collections; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; /** * Utility methods for operating on memory-efficient maps. All maps of size 0 or * 1 are assumed to be immutable. All maps of size greater than 1 are assumed to * be mutable. */ public class Maps { private static final Class<?> MULTI_MAP_CLASS = HashMap.class; private static final Class<?> SINGLETON_MAP_CLASS = Collections.singletonMap(null, null).getClass(); public static <K, V> Map<K, V> create() { return Collections.emptyMap(); } public static <K, V> Map<K, V> create(K key, V value) { return Collections.singletonMap(key, value); } public static <K, V> Map<K, V> normalize(Map<K, V> map) { switch (map.size()) { case 0: return create(); case 1: { if (map.getClass() == SINGLETON_MAP_CLASS) { return map; } K key = map.keySet().iterator().next(); return create(key, map.get(key)); } default: if (map.getClass() == MULTI_MAP_CLASS) { return map; } return new HashMap<K, V>(map); } } public static <K, V> Map<K, V> normalizeUnmodifiable(Map<K, V> map) { if (map.size() < 2) { return normalize(map); } else { // TODO: implement an UnmodifiableHashMap? return Collections.unmodifiableMap(normalize(map)); } } public static <K, V> Map<K, V> put(Map<K, V> map, K key, V value) { switch (map.size()) { case 0: // Empty -> Singleton return Collections.singletonMap(key, value); case 1: { if (map.containsKey(key)) { return create(key, value); } // Singleton -> HashMap Map<K, V> result = new HashMap<K, V>(); result.put(map.keySet().iterator().next(), map.values().iterator().next()); result.put(key, value); return result; } default: // HashMap map.put(key, value); return map; } } public static <K, V> Map<K, V> putAll(Map<K, V> map, Map<K, V> toAdd) { switch (toAdd.size()) { case 0: // No-op. return map; case 1: { // Add one element. K key = toAdd.keySet().iterator().next(); return put(map, key, toAdd.get(key)); } default: // True list merge, result >= 2. switch (map.size()) { case 0: return new HashMap<K, V>(toAdd); case 1: { HashMap<K, V> result = new HashMap<K, V>(); K key = map.keySet().iterator().next(); result.put(key, map.get(key)); result.putAll(toAdd); return normalize(result); } default: map.putAll(toAdd); return map; } } } public static <K, V> Map<K, V> remove(Map<K, V> map, K key) { switch (map.size()) { case 0: // Empty return map; case 1: // Singleton -> Empty if (map.containsKey(key)) { return create(); } return map; case 2: // HashMap -> Singleton if (map.containsKey(key)) { map.remove(key); key = map.keySet().iterator().next(); return create(key, map.get(key)); } return map; default: // IdentityHashMap map.remove(key); return map; } } }