Opus5
Interface HashTable

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable, Container, SearchableContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHashTable

public interface HashTable

extends SearchableContainer

Encapsulates methods common to all hash tables.

Version:

$Id: HashTable.java,v 3.2 1998/07/28 13:45:00 brpreiss Exp $

Author:

Bruno R. Preiss, P.Eng.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

copyright

Method Summary

double

getLoadFactor() Returns the current load factor for this hash table.

Methods inherited from interface Opus5.SearchableContainer

find, insert, isMember, withdraw

Methods inherited from interface Opus5.Container

accept, getCount, getEnumeration, isEmpty, isFull, purge

Methods inherited from interface Opus5.Comparable

compare, isEQ, isGE, isGT, isLE, isLT, isNE

Field Detail

copyright

public static final java.lang.String copyright

Method Detail

getLoadFactor

public double getLoadFactor()

Returns the current load factor for this hash table. The load factor of a hash table is the number of object in the hash table divided by the size of the table.

Returns:

The load factor for this hash table.

See Also:

AbstractHashTable.getLoadFactor()