collections

How to create collection object in vbscript?

what should be the parameter for create object the following code dim a set a=CreateObject("Collection") //getting a runtime error saying ActiveX //component can't create object: 'Collection a.add(CreateObject("Collection")) a.Items(0).Add(1) MsgBox(a.Items(0).count) MsgBox(a.Items(0).Item(0)) ...

What causes this retainAll exception?

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: This operation is not supported on Query Results at org.datanucleus.store.query.AbstractQueryResult.contains(AbstractQueryResult.java:250) at java.util.AbstractCollection.retainAll(AbstractCollection.java:369) at namespace.MyServlet.doGet(MyServlet.java:101) I'm attempting to take on...

Difference between a Deprecated and Legacy API?

I was studying the legacy API's in the Java's Collection Framework and I learnt that classes such as Vector and HashTable have been superseded by ArrayList and HashMap. However still they are NOT deprecated, and deemed as legacy when essentially, deprecation is applied to software features that are superseded and should be avoided, so, ...

Why are AbstractQueue and AbstractList Disjointed?

During my C learning days, when I had implemented a Queue, I implemented them on top of a LinkedList. So essentially I had two pointers (front and rear) for the Queue operations on top of LinkedList, or better one front pointer on top of a CircularLinkedList. I am learning the Java Collections Framework, and I observe that the design ha...

c# Best class to hold a list of values to look up after

I have a list of values that i need to check against a constant list to know wheter they are present or not (one by one). Im using a dictionary buy it doesnt seem logical to have the value two times (key, value)...isnt there any class specialized for this case (and faster if possible)? Also it would me more reasonable if it could be de...

What are the benefits to using String[] over List<String>?

Possible Duplicates: c# array vs generic list Array versus List<T>: When to use which? I understand that there are several benefits of using List<>. However, I was wondering what benefits might still exist for using arrays. Thanks. ...

Java Generic Collection of Generic Type with Bounded Wildcard

Please help me with this: If Lion IS-A Animal and given Cage<T>: Cage<? extends Animal> c = new Cage<Lion>(); // ok, but Set<Cage<? extends Animal>> cc = new HashSet<Cage<Lion>>(); // not ok What I don't see here? ...

How can I create an empty collection from an anonymous collection most elegantly in C#?

If I have an anonymous type created by LINQ var ans = from r in someList where someCondition(r) select new { r.a, r.b }; What is the best way to create an empty matching collection so I can move elements to the new collection: var newans = ? foreach (r in ans) { if (complicated(r) newans.Add(r); } Is there some way to use Enumerab...

What is the minimum interface that has the Count property in .Net

Hello, I need to change a method that has one parameter that takes a serie of objects. I need to find the lowest Interface (in inheritance tree) that has the Count property. Until now I was using the IEnumerable but as this has not Count I need to change it to the wider interface possible so the method can work with the biggest number o...

C# Get Type of IEnumerable<TModel>

I have a method to which I pass an IEnumerable<TModel>. Then depending on the type of TModel, the method carries out a set of instructions as below: public void MyMethod<TModel>(IEnumerable<TModel> items) where TModel : class { int operationType; switch (typeof(TModel)) { case typeof(MyModelOn...

Vector vs Collections.synchronizedList(ArrayList)

Vector is synchronized but ArrayList is not synchronized but we can synchronize an ArrayList by Collections.synchronizedList (aList), so which will perform better and faster ...

synchronized,immutable,empty collection

Using Collections class we can make any collection synchronized,immutable or empty what are there respective uses, when we need to implement these type of collections ...

Java - Collections.sort() performance

Hello, Im using Collections.sort() to sort a LinkedList whose elements implements Comparable interface, so they are sorted in a natural order. In the javadoc documentation its said this method uses mergesort algorithm wich has n*log(n) performance. My question is if there is a more efficient algorithm to sort my LinkedList? The size...

how do I best create a set of list classes to match my business objects

I'm a bit fuzzy on the best way to solve the problem of needing a list for each of my business objects that implements some overridden functions. Here's the setup: I have a baseObject that sets up database, and has its proper Dispose() method All my other business objects inherit from it, and if necessary, override Dispose() Some of th...

Java - Collections.binarySearch with PriorityQueue?

Hello, Can I use Collections.binarySearch() method to search elements in a PriorityQueue? Otherwise, how can I apply search algorithms to a PriorityQueue? I have this (class Evento implements Comparable): public class PriorityQueueCAP extends PriorityQueue<Evento>{ // (...) public void removeEventos(Evento evento){...

How to create reference tables using fluent nhibernate

How can i create a 3 table schema from the following model classes. public class Product { public int Id {get; set;} public string Name {get; set;} public IList<Photo> Photos {get; set;} } public class Photo { public int Id {get; set;} public string Path {get; set;} } I want to create the following table structure in the da...

UnsupportedOperationException on Collection

While studying the Collection API, we find that some methods (add, remove,...) may throw a java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException if the current implementation of the Collection does not support those functionalities. Is there,actually, in the JDK, a concrete Collection that does not support those methods ? Thanks a lot for your answe...

Collection, which method is used to authorize an add of an element ?

We find a lot of concrete subclasses under Collection. While trying to add an element in a concrete collection, this collection will use a method to determine if it can accept to store the element (and eventually that this element is not already in the collection). It could use equals(), hashCode() or compareTo() of the element. Is it ...

Iterator in Java.

What is Iterator and collections? Does these two have any relations? // the interface definition Interface Iterator { boolean hasNext(); Object next(); // note "one-way" traffic void remove(); } // an example public static void main (String[] args){ ArrayList cars = new ArrayList(); for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) cars.add (new Car()); I...

Compare two lists.

I want to compare two lists. Since we code to interface using List, which does not inherit the equals from from the Object class. How do I do this? ...