2009/5/8 Christoph Höger <choeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi,
I enounter a very odd behaviour of a TreeMap. This is the code fragment:
System.err.println("contains: " +
state.getIndexMap().containsKey(termString));
for (TerminalString term : state.getIndexMap().keySet())
System.err.println("KEYS: " + term + "==" + termString +":" +
term.equals(termString) + " compare: " +
state.getIndexMap().comparator().compare(term, termString));
The TreeMap returned getIndexMap contains mappings from TerminalString
to Integer.
This is the output:
contains: false
KEYS: redeclare (1581148120) ==redeclare (1581148120) :true compare: 0
So the key _is_ in that map. It also has the very same hashcode and the
comparator returns 0 and equals() is true. But still containsKey returns
zero.
Any guess why that?
This can happen if the Comparator is not consistent with equals() for EVERY value of your key type. It is clear that it is consistent with equals() for the key you are interested in. However, the containsKey() method does a walk of the tree, guided by the comparator. If the comparator makes it take a "wrong turn" at some point in the tree, it can wind up looking at a part of the tree that does not contain the key of interest, and will therefore tell you that the key is not in the map. When you call keySet(), you get all of the keys, regardless of their position in the tree, so then you see it.
This is probably not of interest to the list, but if you'll send me your TerminalString code and the comparator you are using in the TreeMap, I'm happy to take a look.
--
Jerry James
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