Re: What Collection to use?
On Jan 30, 7:18 am, "Chris Uppal" <chris.up...@metagnostic.REMOVE-
THIS.org> wrote:
Daniel Pitts wrote:
class MostRecentList implements Serializable {
private final int maxSize;
private final LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
public void add(String item) {
if (list.contains(item)) {
list.remove(item);
}
list.addFirst(item);
while (list.size() > maxSize()) {
list.removeLast();
}
}
}
Nice demo of why there is little need for this kind of functionality to be
pre-packaged in the standard libraries.
Minor nit: the above would be even shorter and sweeter if you deleted the
if (list.contains(item))
test -- there is no need for it since an uncondition call to remove() would
have the same effect.
-- chris
Indeed.
Actually, if I were creating this for real, I would implement a class
MostRecentList<T> extend AbstractList<T>. Possibly using a fixed
length object array as the backing store, or an ArrayList<T>.
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