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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Exploring the Java Collection Framework Maps

pratham daswani
pratham daswani
979 Points

maps

here how to loop over every post? also how to find out the count?

com/example/BlogPost.java
package com.example;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;


public class BlogPost implements Comparable<BlogPost>, Serializable {
  private String mAuthor;
  private String mTitle;
  private String mBody;
  private String mCategory;
  private Date mCreationDate;

  public BlogPost(String author, String title, String body, String category, Date creationDate) {
    mAuthor = author;
    mTitle = title;
    mBody = body;
    mCategory = category;
    mCreationDate = creationDate;
  }

  public int compareTo(BlogPost other) {
    if (equals(other)) {
      return 0;
    }
    return mCreationDate.compareTo(other.mCreationDate);
  }

  public String[] getWords() {
    return mBody.split("\\s+");
  }

  public List<String> getExternalLinks() {
    List<String> links = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (String word : getWords()) {
      if (word.startsWith("http")) {
        links.add(word);
      }
    }
    return links;
  }

  public String getAuthor() {
    return mAuthor;
  }

  public String getTitle() {
    return mTitle;
  }

  public String getBody() {
    return mBody;
  }

  public String getCategory() {
    return mCategory;
  }

  public Date getCreationDate() {
    return mCreationDate;
  }
}
com/example/Blog.java
package com.example;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;

public class Blog {
  List<BlogPost> mPosts;

  public Blog(List<BlogPost> posts) {
    mPosts = posts;
  }

  public List<BlogPost> getPosts() {
    return mPosts;
  }

  public Set<String> getAllAuthors() {
    Set<String> authors = new TreeSet<String>();
    for (BlogPost post: mPosts) {
      authors.add(post.getAuthor());
    }
    return authors;
  }
  public Map<String,Integer> getCategoryCounts()
  {

    Map<String,Integer> catCount = new Map<String,Integer>();
    for (BlogPost post: mPosts) {


    }
    }
}
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

Map is an interface. Unless java's changed in the years since i used it, you'll need to use something like: Map<String, Integer> catCount = new HashMap<String, Integer>(); This may require importing HashMap.

1 Answer

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

For each post, get the category. Check if there is a stored value for that category on the map. If able to get a value (test against null), increment the value and replace the value on the map. If there is no value for a category, put an association of the category and 1 into the map.