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Java 9 Data Structures and Algorithms

By : Debasish Ray Chawdhuri
Book Image

Java 9 Data Structures and Algorithms

By: Debasish Ray Chawdhuri

Overview of this book

Java 9 Data Structures and Algorithms covers classical, functional, and reactive data structures, giving you the ability to understand computational complexity, solve problems, and write efficient code. This book is based on the Zero Bug Bounce milestone of Java 9. We start off with the basics of algorithms and data structures, helping you understand the fundamentals and measure complexity. From here, we introduce you to concepts such as arrays, linked lists, as well as abstract data types such as stacks and queues. Next, we’ll take you through the basics of functional programming while making sure you get used to thinking recursively. We provide plenty of examples along the way to help you understand each concept. You will also get a clear picture of reactive programming, binary searches, sorting, search trees, undirected graphs, and a whole lot more!
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Java 9 Data Structures and Algorithms
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Index

Linked list


Arrays are great for storing data. We have also seen that any element of an array can be read in O(1) time. But arrays are fixed in size. Changing the size of an array means creating a new array and copying all the elements to the original array. The simplest recourse to the resizing problem is to store each element in a different object and then hold a reference in each element to the next element. This way, the process of adding a new element will just involve creating the element and attaching it at the end of the last element of the original linked list. In another variation, the new element can be added to the beginning of the existing linked list:

Figure 3: An example of a linked list

Figure 3 shows an example of a linked list. The arrows represent a reference. Each element is stored in a wrapper object that also holds a reference to the next element wrapper. There are two additional references to the first and last elements, which are required for any operation to start...