Documentation ¶
Overview ¶
Package "collection" defines a set of simple, pragmatic abstract types and interfaces for Go based collections of values. It also provide an efficient and compact implementation of the following collection classes based on these abstractions:
- Array (extended Go array)
- Map (extended Go map)
- List (a sortable list)
- Catalog (a sortable map)
- Set (an ordered set)
- Stack (a LIFO)
- Queue (a blocking FIFO)
For detailed documentation on this package refer to the wiki:
This package follows the Crater Dog Technologies™ (craterdog) Go Coding Conventions located here:
Additional implementations of the classes provided by this package can be developed and used seamlessly since the interface definitions only depend on other interfaces and primitive types; and the class implementations only depend on interfaces, not on each other.
Index ¶
- type Accessible
- type ArrayClassLike
- type ArrayLike
- type AssociationClassLike
- type AssociationLike
- type Associative
- type Canonical
- type CatalogClassLike
- type CatalogLike
- type CollatorClassLike
- type CollatorLike
- type Collection
- type Expandable
- type Flexible
- type FormatterClassLike
- type FormatterLike
- type IteratorClassLike
- type IteratorLike
- type Key
- type Limited
- type ListClassLike
- type ListLike
- type MapClassLike
- type MapLike
- type NotationClassLike
- type NotationLike
- type ParserClassLike
- type ParserLike
- type QueueClassLike
- type QueueLike
- type RankingFunction
- type Searchable
- type Sequential
- type SetClassLike
- type SetLike
- type Sortable
- type SorterClassLike
- type SorterLike
- type StackClassLike
- type StackLike
- type Synchronized
- type Systematic
- type Updatable
- type Value
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Types ¶
type Accessible ¶
type Accessible[V Value] interface { // Methods GetValue(index int) V GetValues( first int, last int, ) Sequential[V] }
Accessible[V Value] defines the set of method signatures that must be supported by all sequences whose values can be accessed using indices. The indices of an accessible sequence are ORDINAL rather than ZERO based—which never really made sense except for pointer offsets. What is the "zeroth value" anyway? It's the "first value", right? So we start fresh...
This approach allows for positive indices starting at the beginning of the sequence, and negative indices starting at the end of the sequence as follows:
1 2 3 N [value 1] . [value 2] . [value 3] ... [value N] -N -(N-1) -(N-2) -1
Notice that because the indices are ordinal based, the positive and negative indices are symmetrical.
type ArrayClassLike ¶
type ArrayClassLike[V Value] interface { // Constructors MakeFromArray(values []V) ArrayLike[V] MakeFromSequence(values Sequential[V]) ArrayLike[V] MakeFromSize(size int) ArrayLike[V] MakeFromSource( source string, notation NotationLike, ) ArrayLike[V] }
ArrayClassLike[V Value] defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all array-class-like classes.
func Array ¶
func Array[V Value]() ArrayClassLike[V]
type ArrayLike ¶
type ArrayLike[V Value] interface { // Abstractions Accessible[V] Sequential[V] Sortable[V] Updatable[V] }
ArrayLike[V Value] defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all array-like instances. An array-like class maintains a fixed length indexed sequence of values. Each value is associated with an implicit positive integer index. An array-like class uses ORDINAL based indexing rather than the more common—and nonsensical—ZERO based indexing scheme (see the description of what this means in the Accessible interface definition).
This type is parameterized as follows:
- V is any type of value.
This type essentially provides a higher level abstraction for the primitive Go array type.
type AssociationClassLike ¶
type AssociationClassLike[K Key, V Value] interface { // Constructors MakeWithAttributes( key K, value V, ) AssociationLike[K, V] }
AssociationClassLike[K Key, V Value] defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all association-class-like classes.
func Association ¶
func Association[ K Key, V Value, ]() AssociationClassLike[K, V]
type AssociationLike ¶
type AssociationLike[K Key, V Value] interface { // Attributes GetKey() K GetValue() V SetValue(value V) }
AssociationLike[K Key, V Value] defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all association-like instances. An association-like class maintains information about a key-value association.
This type is parameterized as follows:
- K is a primitive type of key.
- V is any type of value.
This type is used by catalog-like instances to maintain their associations.
type Associative ¶
type Associative[K Key, V Value] interface { // Methods GetKeys() Sequential[K] GetValue(key K) V GetValues(keys Sequential[K]) Sequential[V] RemoveAll() RemoveValue(key K) V RemoveValues(keys Sequential[K]) Sequential[V] SetValue( key K, value V, ) }
Associative[K Key, V Value] defines the set of method signatures that must be supported by all sequences of key-value associations.
type Canonical ¶
type Canonical interface { // Methods FormatCollection(collection Collection) string ParseSource(source string) Collection }
Canonical defines the set of method signatures that must be supported by all canonical notations.
type CatalogClassLike ¶
type CatalogClassLike[K comparable, V Value] interface { // Constructors Make() CatalogLike[K, V] MakeFromArray(associations []AssociationLike[K, V]) CatalogLike[K, V] MakeFromMap(associations map[K]V) CatalogLike[K, V] MakeFromSequence(associations Sequential[AssociationLike[K, V]]) CatalogLike[K, V] MakeFromSource( source string, notation NotationLike, ) CatalogLike[K, V] // Functions Extract( catalog CatalogLike[K, V], keys Sequential[K], ) CatalogLike[K, V] Merge( first CatalogLike[K, V], second CatalogLike[K, V], ) CatalogLike[K, V] }
CatalogClassLike[K comparable, V Value] defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all catalog-class-like classes. The following functions are supported:
Extract() returns a new catalog containing only the associations that are in the specified catalog that have the specified keys. The associations in the resulting catalog will be in the same order as the specified keys.
Merge() returns a new catalog containing all of the associations that are in the specified Catalogs in the order that they appear in each catalog. If a key is present in both Catalogs, the value of the key from the second catalog takes precedence.
func Catalog ¶
func Catalog[K comparable, V Value]() CatalogClassLike[K, V]
type CatalogLike ¶
type CatalogLike[K Key, V Value] interface { // Abstractions Associative[K, V] Sequential[AssociationLike[K, V]] Sortable[AssociationLike[K, V]] }
CatalogLike[K Key, V Value] defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all catalog-like instances. A catalog-like class maintains a sequence of key-value associations.
This type is parameterized as follows:
- K is a primitive type of key.
- V is any type of entity.
A catalog-like class can use any association-like class key-value association.
type CollatorClassLike ¶
type CollatorClassLike[V Value] interface { // Constants DefaultMaximum() int // Constructors Make() CollatorLike[V] MakeWithMaximum(maximum int) CollatorLike[V] }
CollatorClassLike[V Value] defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all collator-class-like classes.
func Collator ¶
func Collator[V Value]() CollatorClassLike[V]
type CollatorLike ¶
type CollatorLike[V Value] interface { // Attributes GetDepth() int GetMaximum() int // Methods CompareValues( first V, second V, ) bool RankValues( first V, second V, ) int }
CollatorLike[V Value] defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all collator-like instances. A collator-like class is capable of comparing and ranking two values of any type.
type Collection ¶
type Collection any
Collection is a generic type representing any type of collections of values.
type Expandable ¶
type Expandable[V Value] interface { // Methods AppendValue(value V) AppendValues(values Sequential[V]) InsertValue( slot int, value V, ) InsertValues( slot int, values Sequential[V], ) RemoveAll() RemoveValue(index int) V RemoveValues( first int, last int, ) Sequential[V] }
Expandable[V Value] defines the set of method signatures that must be supported by all sequences that allow new values to be appended, inserted and removed.
type Flexible ¶
type Flexible[V Value] interface { // Methods AddValue(value V) AddValues(values Sequential[V]) RemoveAll() RemoveValue(value V) RemoveValues(values Sequential[V]) }
Flexible[V Value] defines the set of method signatures that must be supported by all sequences of values that allow new values to be added and existing values to be removed.
type FormatterClassLike ¶
type FormatterClassLike interface { // Constants DefaultMaximum() int // Constructors Make() FormatterLike MakeWithMaximum(maximum int) FormatterLike }
FormatterClassLike defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all formatter-class-like classes.
func Formatter ¶
func Formatter() FormatterClassLike
Formatter defines an implementation of a formatter-like class that uses Crater Dog Collection Notation™ (CDCN) for formatting collections. This is required by the Go `Stringer` interface when the `String()` method is called on a collection. If not for the requirement to support the Go `Stringer` interface this class would be located in the `cdcn` package with the rest of the CDCN classes. Instead, the `cdcn.FormatterClass` must delegate its implementation to this class to avoid circular dependencies.
type FormatterLike ¶
type FormatterLike interface { // Attributes GetDepth() int GetMaximum() int // Methods FormatCollection(collection Collection) string }
FormatterLike defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all formatter-like instances.
type IteratorClassLike ¶
type IteratorClassLike[V Value] interface { // Constructors MakeFromSequence(values Sequential[V]) IteratorLike[V] }
IteratorClassLike[V Value] defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all iterator-class-like classes.
func Iterator ¶
func Iterator[V Value]() IteratorClassLike[V]
type IteratorLike ¶
type IteratorLike[V Value] interface { // Methods GetNext() V GetPrevious() V GetSlot() int HasNext() bool HasPrevious() bool ToEnd() ToSlot(slot int) ToStart() }
IteratorLike[V Value] defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all iterator-like instances. An iterator-like class can be used to move forward and backward over the values in a sequence. It implements the Gang of Four (GoF) Iterator Design Pattern:
A iterator agent locks into the slots that reside between each value in the sequence:
[value 1] . [value 2] . [value 3] ... [value N] ^ ^ ^ ^ slot 0 slot 1 slot 2 slot N
It moves from slot to slot and has access to the values (if they exist) on each side of the slot. At each slot an iterator has access to the previous value and next value in the sequence (assuming they exist). The slot at the start of the sequence has no PREVIOUS value, and the slot at the end of the sequence has no NEXT value.
This type is parameterized as follows:
- V is any type of value.
An iterator-like class is supported by all collection types.
type Limited ¶
type Limited[V Value] interface { // Methods AddValue(value V) RemoveAll() }
Limited[V Value] defines the set of method signatures that must be supported by all sequences of values that allow new values to be added and limit the total number of values in the sequence.
type ListClassLike ¶
type ListClassLike[V Value] interface { // Constructors Make() ListLike[V] MakeFromArray(values []V) ListLike[V] MakeFromSequence(values Sequential[V]) ListLike[V] MakeFromSource( source string, notation NotationLike, ) ListLike[V] // Functions Concatenate( first ListLike[V], second ListLike[V], ) ListLike[V] }
ListClassLike[V Value] defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all list-class-like classes. The following functions are supported:
Concatenate() combines two lists into a new list containing all values in both lists. The order of the values in each list is preserved in the new list.
func List ¶
func List[V Value]() ListClassLike[V]
type ListLike ¶
type ListLike[V Value] interface { // Abstractions Accessible[V] Expandable[V] Searchable[V] Sequential[V] Sortable[V] Updatable[V] }
ListLike[V Value] defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all list-like instances. A list-like class maintains a dynamic sequence of values which can grow or shrink as needed. Each value is associated with an implicit positive integer index. An array-like class uses ORDINAL based indexing rather than the more common—and nonsensical—ZERO based indexing scheme (see the description of what this means in the Accessible interface definition).
This type is parameterized as follows:
- V is any type of value.
All comparison and ranking of values in the sequence is done using the default collator.
type MapClassLike ¶
type MapClassLike[K comparable, V Value] interface { // Constructors Make() MapLike[K, V] MakeFromArray(associations []AssociationLike[K, V]) MapLike[K, V] MakeFromMap(associations map[K]V) MapLike[K, V] MakeFromSequence(associations Sequential[AssociationLike[K, V]]) MapLike[K, V] MakeFromSource( source string, notation NotationLike, ) MapLike[K, V] }
MapClassLike[K comparable, V Value] defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all map-class-like classes.
func Map ¶
func Map[K comparable, V Value]() MapClassLike[K, V]
type MapLike ¶
type MapLike[K Key, V Value] interface { // Abstractions Associative[K, V] Sequential[AssociationLike[K, V]] }
MapLike[K Key, V Value] defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all map-like instances. A map-like class extends the primitive Go map type and maintains a sequence of key-value associations. The order of the key-value associations in a primitive Go map is random, even for two Go maps containing the same key-value associations.
This type is parameterized as follows:
- K is a primitive type of key.
- V is any type of entity.
A map-like class can use any association-like class key-value association.
type NotationClassLike ¶
type NotationClassLike interface { // Constructors Make() NotationLike }
NotationClassLike defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all notation-class-like classes.
type NotationLike ¶
type NotationLike interface { // Abstractions Canonical }
NotationLike defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all notation-like instances. A notation-like class can be used to parse and format collections using a canonical notation like XML, JSON and CDCN (Crater Dog Collection Notation™).
type ParserClassLike ¶
type ParserClassLike interface { // Constructors Make() ParserLike }
ParserClassLike defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all parser-class-like classes.
type ParserLike ¶
type ParserLike interface { // Methods ParseSource(source string) Collection }
ParserLike defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all parser-like instances.
type QueueClassLike ¶
type QueueClassLike[V Value] interface { // Constants DefaultCapacity() int // Constructors Make() QueueLike[V] MakeFromArray(values []V) QueueLike[V] MakeFromSequence(values Sequential[V]) QueueLike[V] MakeFromSource( source string, notation NotationLike, ) QueueLike[V] MakeWithCapacity(capacity int) QueueLike[V] // Functions Fork( group Synchronized, input QueueLike[V], size int, ) Sequential[QueueLike[V]] Join( group Synchronized, inputs Sequential[QueueLike[V]], ) QueueLike[V] Split( group Synchronized, input QueueLike[V], size int, ) Sequential[QueueLike[V]] }
QueueClassLike[V Value] defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all queue-class-like classes. The following functions are supported:
Fork() connects the output of the specified input Queue with a number of new output queues specified by the size parameter and returns a sequence of the new output queues. Each value added to the input queue will be added automatically to ALL of the output queues. This pattern is useful when a set of DIFFERENT operations needs to occur for every value and each operation can be done in parallel.
Join() connects the outputs of the specified sequence of input queues with a new output queue returns the new output queue. Each value removed from each input queue will automatically be added to the output queue. This pattern is useful when the results of the processing with a Split() function need to be consolidated into a single queue.
Split() connects the output of the specified input Queue with the number of output queues specified by the size parameter and returns a sequence of the new output queues. Each value added to the input queue will be added automatically to ONE of the output queues. This pattern is useful when a SINGLE operation needs to occur for each value and the operation can be done on the values in parallel. The results can then be consolidated later on using the Join() function.
func Queue ¶
func Queue[V Value]() QueueClassLike[V]
type QueueLike ¶
type QueueLike[V Value] interface { // Attributes GetCapacity() int // Abstractions Limited[V] Sequential[V] // Methods CloseQueue() RemoveHead() ( head V, ok bool, ) }
QueueLike[V Value] defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all queue-like instances. A queue-like class implements FIFO (i.e. first-in-first-out) semantics.
This type is parameterized as follows:
- V is any type of value.
A queue-like class is generally used by multiple go-routines at the same time and therefore enforces synchronized access. A queue-like class enforces a maximum length and will block on attempts to add a value it is full. It will also block on attempts to remove a value when it is empty.
type RankingFunction ¶
RankingFunction[V Value] defines the signature for any function that can determine the relative ordering of two values. The result must be one of the following:
-1: The first value is less than the second value. 0: The first value is equal to the second value. 1: The first value is more than the second value.
The meaning of "less" and "more" is determined by the specific function that implements this signature.
type Searchable ¶
type Searchable[V Value] interface { // Methods ContainsAll(values Sequential[V]) bool ContainsAny(values Sequential[V]) bool ContainsValue(value V) bool GetIndex(value V) int }
Searchable[V Value] defines the set of method signatures that must be supported by all searchable sequences of values.
type Sequential ¶
type Sequential[V Value] interface { // Methods AsArray() []V GetIterator() IteratorLike[V] GetSize() int IsEmpty() bool }
Sequential[V Value] defines the set of method signatures that must be supported by all sequences of values.
type SetClassLike ¶
type SetClassLike[V Value] interface { // Constructors Make() SetLike[V] MakeFromArray(values []V) SetLike[V] MakeFromSequence(values Sequential[V]) SetLike[V] MakeFromSource( source string, notation NotationLike, ) SetLike[V] MakeWithCollator(collator CollatorLike[V]) SetLike[V] // Functions And( first SetLike[V], second SetLike[V], ) SetLike[V] Or( first SetLike[V], second SetLike[V], ) SetLike[V] Sans( first SetLike[V], second SetLike[V], ) SetLike[V] Xor( first SetLike[V], second SetLike[V], ) SetLike[V] }
SetClassLike[V Value] defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all set-class-like classes. The following functions are supported:
And() returns a new set containing the values that are both of the specified sets.
Or() returns a new set containing the values that are in either of the specified sets.
Sans() returns a new set containing the values that are in the first specified set but not in the second specified set.
Xor() returns a new set containing the values that are in the first specified set or the second specified set but not both.
func Set ¶
func Set[V Value]() SetClassLike[V]
type SetLike ¶
type SetLike[V Value] interface { // Attributes GetCollator() CollatorLike[V] // Abstractions Accessible[V] Flexible[V] Searchable[V] Sequential[V] }
SetLike[V Value] defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all set-like instances. A set-like class maintains an ordered sequence of values which can grow or shrink as needed.
This type is parameterized as follows:
- V is any type of value.
The order of the values is determined by a configurable CollatorLike[V] agent.
type Sortable ¶
type Sortable[V Value] interface { // Methods ReverseValues() ShuffleValues() SortValues() SortValuesWithRanker(ranker RankingFunction[V]) }
Sortable[V Value] defines the set of method signatures that must be supported by all sequences whose values may be reordered using various sorting algorithms.
type SorterClassLike ¶
type SorterClassLike[V Value] interface { // Constants DefaultRanker() RankingFunction[V] // Constructors Make() SorterLike[V] MakeWithRanker(ranker RankingFunction[V]) SorterLike[V] }
SorterClassLike[V Value] defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all sorter-class-like classes.
func Sorter ¶
func Sorter[V Value]() SorterClassLike[V]
type SorterLike ¶
type SorterLike[V Value] interface { // Attributes GetRanker() RankingFunction[V] // Abstractions Systematic[V] }
SorterLike[V Value] defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all sorter-like instances. A sorter-like class implements a specific sorting algorithm.
This type is parameterized as follows:
- V is any type of value.
A sorter-like class uses a ranking function to order the values. If no ranking function is specified the values are sorted into their natural order.
type StackClassLike ¶
type StackClassLike[V Value] interface { // Constants DefaultCapacity() int // Constructors Make() StackLike[V] MakeFromArray(values []V) StackLike[V] MakeFromSequence(values Sequential[V]) StackLike[V] MakeFromSource( source string, notation NotationLike, ) StackLike[V] MakeWithCapacity(capacity int) StackLike[V] }
StackClassLike[V Value] defines the set of class constants, constructors and functions that must be supported by all stack-class-like classes.
func Stack ¶
func Stack[V Value]() StackClassLike[V]
type StackLike ¶
type StackLike[V Value] interface { // Attributes GetCapacity() int // Abstractions Limited[V] Sequential[V] // Methods RemoveTop() V }
StackLike[V Value] defines the set of abstractions and methods that must be supported by all stack-like instances. A stack-like class implements LIFO (i.e. last-in-first-out) semantics.
This type is parameterized as follows:
- V is any type of value.
A stack-like class enforces a maximum depth and will panic if that depth is exceeded. It will also panic on attempts to remove a value when it is empty.
type Synchronized ¶
type Synchronized interface { // Methods Add(delta int) Done() Wait() }
Synchronized defines the set of method signatures that must be supported by all synchronized groups of threads.
type Systematic ¶
type Systematic[V Value] interface { // Methods ReverseValues(values []V) ShuffleValues(values []V) SortValues(values []V) }
Systematic[V Value] defines the set of method signatures that must be supported by all systematic sorting agents.