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   3 --                         GNAT RUNTIME COMPONENTS                          --
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   5 --                          G N A T . H T A B L E                           --
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  33
  34 --  Hash table searching routines
  35
  36 --  This package contains two separate packages. The Simple_Htable package
  37 --  provides a very simple abstraction that asosicates one element to one
  38 --  key values and takes care of all allocation automatically using the heap.
  39 --  The Static_Htable package provides a more complex interface that allows
  40 --  complete control over allocation.
  41
  42 package GNAT.HTable is
  43 pragma Preelaborate (HTable);
  44
  45    -------------------
  46    -- Simple_HTable --
  47    -------------------
  48
  49    --  A simple hash table abstraction, easy to instantiate, easy to use.
  50    --  The table associates one element to one key with the procedure Set.
  51    --  Get retrieves the Element stored for a given Key. The efficiency of
  52    --  retrieval is function of the size of the Table parameterized by
  53    --  Header_Num and the hashing function Hash.
  54
  55    generic
  56       type Header_Num is range <>;
  57       --  An integer type indicating the number and range of hash headers.
  58
  59       type Element is private;
  60       --  The type of element to be stored
  61
  62       No_Element : Element;
  63       --  The object that is returned by Get when no element has been set for
  64       --  a given key
  65
  66       type Key is private;
  67       with function Hash  (F : Key)      return Header_Num;
  68       with function Equal (F1, F2 : Key) return Boolean;
  69
  70    package Simple_HTable is
  71
  72       procedure Set (K : Key; E : Element);
  73       --  Associates an element with a given key. Overrides any previously
  74       --  associated element.
  75
  76       procedure Reset;
  77       --  Removes and frees all elements in the table
  78
  79       function Get (K : Key) return Element;
  80       --  Returns the Element associated with a key or No_Element if the
  81       --  given key has not associated element
  82
  83       procedure Remove (K : Key);
  84       --  Removes the latest inserted element pointer associated with the
  85       --  given key if any, does nothing if none.
  86
  87       function Get_First return Element;
  88       --  Returns No_Element if the Htable is empty, otherwise returns one
  89       --  non specified element. There is no guarantee that 2 calls to this
  90       --  function will return the same element.
  91
  92       function Get_Next return Element;
  93       --  Returns a non-specified element that has not been returned by the
  94       --  same function since the last call to Get_First or No_Element if
  95       --  there is no such element. If there is no call to 'Set' in between
  96       --  Get_Next calls, all the elements of the Htable will be traversed.
  97    end Simple_HTable;
  98
  99    -------------------
 100    -- Static_HTable --
 101    -------------------
 102
 103    --  A low-level Hash-Table abstraction, not as easy to instantiate as
 104    --  Simple_HTable but designed to allow complete control over the
 105    --  allocation of necessary data structures. Particularly useful when
 106    --  dynamic allocation is not desired. The model is that each Element
 107    --  contains its own Key that can be retrieved by Get_Key. Furthermore,
 108    --  Element provides a link that can be used by the HTable for linking
 109    --  elements with same hash codes:
 110
 111    --       Element
 112
 113    --         +-------------------+
 114    --         |       Key         |
 115    --         +-------------------+
 116    --         :    other data     :
 117    --         +-------------------+
 118    --         |     Next Elmt     |
 119    --         +-------------------+
 120
 121    generic
 122       type Header_Num is range <>;
 123       --  An integer type indicating the number and range of hash headers.
 124
 125       type Element (<>) is limited private;
 126       --  The type of element to be stored
 127
 128       type Elmt_Ptr is private;
 129       --  The type used to reference an element (will usually be an access
 130       --  type, but could be some other form of type such as an integer type).
 131
 132       Null_Ptr : Elmt_Ptr;
 133       --  The null value of the Elmt_Ptr type.
 134
 135       with procedure Set_Next (E : Elmt_Ptr; Next : Elmt_Ptr);
 136       with function  Next     (E : Elmt_Ptr) return Elmt_Ptr;
 137       --  The type must provide an internal link for the sake of the
 138       --  staticness of the HTable.
 139
 140       type Key is limited private;
 141       with function Get_Key (E : Elmt_Ptr) return Key;
 142       with function Hash    (F : Key)      return Header_Num;
 143       with function Equal   (F1, F2 : Key) return Boolean;
 144
 145    package Static_HTable is
 146
 147       procedure Reset;
 148       --  Resets the hash table by setting all its elements to Null_Ptr. The
 149       --  effect is to clear the hash table so that it can be reused. For the
 150       --  most common case where Elmt_Ptr is an access type, and Null_Ptr is
 151       --  null, this is only needed if the same table is reused in a new
 152       --  context. If Elmt_Ptr is other than an access type, or Null_Ptr is
 153       --  other than null, then Reset must be called before the first use
 154       --  of the hash table.
 155
 156       procedure Set (E : Elmt_Ptr);
 157       --  Insert the element pointer in the HTable
 158
 159       function Get (K : Key) return Elmt_Ptr;
 160       --  Returns the latest inserted element pointer with the given Key
 161       --  or null if none.
 162
 163       procedure Remove (K : Key);
 164       --  Removes the latest inserted element pointer associated with the
 165       --  given key if any, does nothing if none.
 166
 167       function Get_First return Elmt_Ptr;
 168       --  Returns Null_Ptr if the Htable is empty, otherwise returns one
 169       --  non specified element. There is no guarantee that 2 calls to this
 170       --  function will return the same element.
 171
 172       function Get_Next return Elmt_Ptr;
 173       --  Returns a non-specified element that has not been returned by the
 174       --  same function since the last call to Get_First or Null_Ptr if
 175       --  there is no such element or Get_First has bever been called. If
 176       --  there is no call to 'Set' in between Get_Next calls, all the
 177       --  elements of the Htable will be traversed.
 178
 179    end Static_HTable;
 180
 181    ----------
 182    -- Hash --
 183    ----------
 184
 185    --  A generic hashing function working on String keys
 186
 187    generic
 188       type Header_Num is range <>;
 189    function Hash (Key : String) return Header_Num;
 190
 191 end GNAT.HTable;