Package com.ctc.wstx.util

Class WordSet

java.lang.Object

com.ctc.wstx.util.WordSet

public final class WordSet
extends Object

An efficient (both memory and time) implementation of a Set used to verify that a given word is contained within the set. The general usage pattern is expected to be such that most checks are positive, ie. that the word indeed is contained in the set.

Performance of the set is comparable to that of TreeSet for Strings, ie. 2-3x slower than HashSet when using pre-constructed Strings. This is generally result of algorithmic complexity of structures; Word and Tree sets are roughly logarithmic to the whole data, whereas Hash set is linear to the length of key. However:

• WordSet can use char arrays as keys, without constructing Strings. In cases where there is no (need for) Strings, WordSet seems to be about twice as fast, even without considering additional GC caused by temporary String instances.
• WordSet is more compact in its memory presentation; if Strings are shared its size is comparable to optimally filled HashSet, and if no such Strings exists, its much more compact (relatively speaking)

Although this is an efficient set for specific set of usage patterns, one restriction is that the full set of words to include has to be known before constructing the set. Also, the size of the set is limited to total word content of about 20k characters; factory method does verify the limit and indicates if an instance can not be created.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static char[]	constructRaw(TreeSet<String> wordSet)
static WordSet	constructSet(TreeSet<String> wordSet)
static boolean	contains(char[] data, char[] str, int start, int end)
boolean	contains(char[] buf, int start, int end)
static boolean	contains(char[] data, String str)
boolean	contains(String str)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

constructSet

public static WordSet constructSet(TreeSet<String> wordSet)

constructRaw

public static char[] constructRaw(TreeSet<String> wordSet)

contains

public boolean contains(char[] buf,
                        int start,
                        int end)

contains

public static boolean contains(char[] data,
                               char[] str,
                               int start,
                               int end)

contains

public boolean contains(String str)

contains

public static boolean contains(char[] data,
                               String str)