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Map Inversion
package java8.util;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.groupingBy;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.mapping;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toCollection;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toMap;
import java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleEntry;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.function.Supplier;
import java.util.stream.Stream;
/**
* After reading below discussions on stackoverflow, I decided to create my own map inversion utility, internally using Java streams.
* @author Sebastian Millies
* @see "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36795890/functionally-inverting-a-map-with-a-nested-data-structure-in-java-8"
* @see "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20412354/reverse-hashmap-keys-and-values-in-java"
* @see "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30021229/reverse-map-structure-using-java-8-streams"
*/
public class MapInverter {
/**
* Inverts a map. Would also work with multimaps if they are like Guava's multimaps, i. e. the entrySet contains only elements with
* single values.
*
* @param map the map to inverted
* @param keyGenerator a function that converts an original map value to a key in the inverted map
* @param mapFactory a factory which returns a new empty Map into which the results will be inserted
* @param collectionFactory a factory for the value type of the inverted map
* @return the inverted map, where all keys that map to the same value are now mapped from that value
*/
public static <K, V, V1, C extends Collection<K>> Map<V, C> invertMap(Map<K, V1> map, Function<V1, ? extends V> keyGenerator,
Supplier<Map<V, C>> mapFactory, Supplier<C> collectionFactory) {
return invertMap(map.entrySet(), keyGenerator, mapFactory, collectionFactory);
}
/**
* Inverts a map given an entry collection view of that map. The entry set may be that of a Guava multimap, i. e. contain duplicate keys
* that are mapped to single values. Duplicate key value pairs are also supported, but will be mapped to a single entry in the inverted
* map.
*
* @param entries a map entry collection to be inverted
* @param keyGenerator a function that converts an original map value to a key in the inverted map
* @param mapFactory a factory which returns a new empty Map into which the results will be inserted
* @param collectionFactory a factory for the value type of the inverted map
* @return the inverted map, where all keys that map to the same value are now mapped from that value
*/
public static <K, V, V1, C extends Collection<K>> Map<V, C> invertMap(Collection<Entry<K, V1>> entries, Function<V1, ? extends V> keyGenerator,
Supplier<Map<V, C>> mapFactory, Supplier<C> collectionFactory) {
Map<V, C> inverted = entries.stream().collect(groupingBy( e -> keyGenerator.apply(e.getValue()), mapFactory,
mapping(Entry::getKey, toCollection(collectionFactory))));
return inverted;
}
/**
* Convenience method for the simplest and most common case of {@link #invertMap(Map)}. The inverted map is implemented by
* {@code HashMap}, will contain the original values as keys, and will contain {@code HashSet}s of the original keys as values.
*/
public static <K, V> Map<V, Set<K>> invertMap(Map<K, V> map) {
return invertMap(map, Function.identity(), HashMap::new, HashSet::new);
}
/**
* Inverts a map. The map may also be a non-Guava multimap (i. e. the entrySet elements may have collections as values).
*
* @param map the map to inverted
* @param valueStreamer a function that converts an original map value to a stream. (In case of a multimap, may stream the original
* value collection.) Can also perform any other transformation on the original values to make them suitable as keys.
* @param mapFactory a factory which returns a new empty Map into which the results will be inserted
* @param collectionFactory a factory for the value type of the inverted map
* @return the inverted map, where all keys that map to the same value are now mapped from that value
*/
public static <K, V, V1, C extends Collection<K>> Map<V, C> invertMultiMap(Map<K, V1> map, Function<V1, Stream<V>> valueStreamer,
Supplier<Map<V, C>> mapFactory, Supplier<C> collectionFactory) {
Map<V, C> inverted = map.entrySet().stream().flatMap(e ->
valueStreamer.apply(e.getValue()).map(v -> new SimpleEntry<>(v, newCollection(e.getKey(), collectionFactory))))
.collect(toMap(Entry::getKey, Entry::getValue, (a, b) -> {a.addAll(b); return a;}, mapFactory));
return inverted;
}
private static <T, E extends T, C extends Collection<T>> C newCollection(E elem, Supplier<C> s) {
C collection = s.get();
collection.add(elem);
return collection;
}
}
package java8.util;
import static com.google.common.collect.Sets.newHashSet;
import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.SortedSet;
import java.util.TreeMap;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.function.Function;
import org.junit.Test;
import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
public class MapInverterTest {
@Test
public void invertSimple() {
Map<Long, Set<String>> inverted = MapInverter.invertMap(newSimpleMap());
assertEquals(invertedSimpleMap(), inverted);
assertTrue(inverted instanceof HashMap);
inverted.values().forEach(s -> assertTrue(s instanceof HashSet));
}
@Test
public void invertMulti() {
Map<Long, Set<String>> inverted = MapInverter.invertMultiMap(newMultiMap(), Set::stream, TreeMap::new, TreeSet::new);
assertEquals(invertedMultiMapSet(), inverted);
assertTrue(inverted instanceof TreeMap);
inverted.values().forEach(s -> assertTrue(s instanceof TreeSet));
}
@Test
public void invertGuavaMulti() {
Collection<Entry<String, Long>> entries = newGuavaMultiMap().entries();
Map<Long, SortedSet<String>> inverted = MapInverter.invertMap(entries, Function.identity(), HashMap::new, TreeSet::new);
assertEquals(invertedGuavaMultiMap(), inverted);
assertTrue(inverted instanceof HashMap);
inverted.values().forEach(s -> assertTrue(s instanceof TreeSet));
}
@Test
public void invertMultiList() {
Map<Long, List<String>> inverted = MapInverter.invertMultiMap(newMultiMap(), Set::stream, TreeMap::new, ArrayList::new);
assertEquals(invertedMultiMapList(), inverted);
assertTrue(inverted instanceof TreeMap);
inverted.values().forEach(s -> assertTrue(s instanceof ArrayList));
}
private Map<String, Long> newSimpleMap() {
Map<String, Long> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put("a", 1L);
map.put("b", 2L);
map.put("c", 1L);
return map;
}
private Multimap<String, Long> newGuavaMultiMap() {
ListMultimap<String, Long> map = ArrayListMultimap.create();
map.put("a", 1L);
map.put("a", 1L);
map.put("a", 2L);
map.put("b", 2L);
map.put("c", 1L);
return map;
}
private Map<Long, Set<String>> invertedGuavaMultiMap() {
Map<Long, Set<String>> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put(1L, newHashSet("a", "c"));
map.put(2L, newHashSet("a", "b"));
return map;
}
private Map<Long, Set<String>> invertedSimpleMap() {
Map<Long, Set<String>> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put(1L, newHashSet("a", "c"));
map.put(2L, newHashSet("b"));
return map;
}
private Map<String, Set<Long>> newMultiMap() {
Map<String, Set<Long>> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put("a", newHashSet(1L, 2L));
map.put("b", newHashSet(1L, 3L));
return map;
}
private Map<Long, Set<String>> invertedMultiMapSet() {
Map<Long, Set<String>> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put(1L, newHashSet("a", "b"));
map.put(2L, newHashSet("a"));
map.put(3L, newHashSet("b"));
return map;
}
private Map<Long, List<String>> invertedMultiMapList() {
Map<Long, List<String>> map = new HashMap<>();
map.put(1L, asList("a", "b"));
map.put(2L, asList("a"));
map.put(3L, asList("b"));
return map;
}
}
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