Develop an algorithm to search and remove data from a hash table using the open addressing technique.
Aim
Implement a hash table using open addressing with linear probing.
Prerequisites
To solve this activity, you have to implement the following methods in the OpenAddrHashTable.java file:
public void put(K key, V value) {
//...
}
private int searchPosition(K key) {
//...
}
public void remove(K key) {
//...
}
public Optional get(K key) {
//...
}
Steps for Completion
- Study the pseudocode shown in Snippet 3.3 and Snippet 3.4 (shown below) and implement them in Java.
- The container
classOpenAddrPairwill hold your key and value in the hash table. - Have a flag on this container to indicate when an item is deleted.
- Use this flag in the
putoperation to overwrite it if it is deleted. You can use this flag to optimize yourgetmethod using thefiltermethod.
insert(key, value, array)
s = length(array)
hashValue = hash(key, s)
i = 0
while (i < s and array[(hashValue + i) mod s] != null)
i = i + l
if (i < s) array[(hashValue + i) mod s] = (key, value)
Snippet 3.3: Psuedocode for inserting using linear probing
search(key, array)
s = length(array)
hashValue = hash(key, s)
i = 0
while (i < s and array[(hashValue + i) mod s] != null and array[(hashValue + i) mod s].key != key)
i = i + 1
keyValue = array[(hashValue + i) mod s]
if (keyValue != null && keyValue.key == key) return keyValue.value
else return null
Snippet 3.4: Solution pseudocode for searching using linear probing
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Tasks
New OpenAddrHashTable objects are empty.
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Implement the following methods in the OpenAddrHashTable class:
putsearchPositiongetremove