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package java.util.stream;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.function.Supplier;

/**
 * A mutable reduction operation that
 * accumulates input elements into a mutable result container, optionally transforming
 * the accumulated result into a final representation after all input elements
 * have been processed.  Reduction operations can be performed either sequentially
 * or in parallel.
 *
 * 

Examples of mutable reduction operations include: * accumulating elements into a {@code Collection}; concatenating * strings using a {@code StringBuilder}; computing summary information about * elements such as sum, min, max, or average; computing "pivot table" summaries * such as "maximum valued transaction by seller", etc. The class {@link Collectors} * provides implementations of many common mutable reductions. * *

A {@code Collector} is specified by four functions that work together to * accumulate entries into a mutable result container, and optionally perform * a final transform on the result. They are:

    *
  • creation of a new result container ({@link #supplier()})
  • *
  • incorporating a new data element into a result container ({@link #accumulator()})
  • *
  • combining two result containers into one ({@link #combiner()})
  • *
  • performing an optional final transform on the container ({@link #finisher()})
  • *
* *

Collectors also have a set of characteristics, such as * {@link Characteristics#CONCURRENT}, that provide hints that can be used by a * reduction implementation to provide better performance. * *

A sequential implementation of a reduction using a collector would * create a single result container using the supplier function, and invoke the * accumulator function once for each input element. A parallel implementation * would partition the input, create a result container for each partition, * accumulate the contents of each partition into a subresult for that partition, * and then use the combiner function to merge the subresults into a combined * result. * *

To ensure that sequential and parallel executions produce equivalent * results, the collector functions must satisfy an identity and an * associativity constraints. * *

The identity constraint says that for any partially accumulated result, * combining it with an empty result container must produce an equivalent * result. That is, for a partially accumulated result {@code a} that is the * result of any series of accumulator and combiner invocations, {@code a} must * be equivalent to {@code combiner.apply(a, supplier.get())}. * *

The associativity constraint says that splitting the computation must * produce an equivalent result. That is, for any input elements {@code t1} * and {@code t2}, the results {@code r1} and {@code r2} in the computation * below must be equivalent: *

{@code
 *     A a1 = supplier.get();
 *     accumulator.accept(a1, t1);
 *     accumulator.accept(a1, t2);
 *     R r1 = finisher.apply(a1);  // result without splitting
 *
 *     A a2 = supplier.get();
 *     accumulator.accept(a2, t1);
 *     A a3 = supplier.get();
 *     accumulator.accept(a3, t2);
 *     R r2 = finisher.apply(combiner.apply(a2, a3));  // result with splitting
 * } 
* *

For collectors that do not have the {@code UNORDERED} characteristic, * two accumulated results {@code a1} and {@code a2} are equivalent if * {@code finisher.apply(a1).equals(finisher.apply(a2))}. For unordered * collectors, equivalence is relaxed to allow for non-equality related to * differences in order. (For example, an unordered collector that accumulated * elements to a {@code List} would consider two lists equivalent if they * contained the same elements, ignoring order.) * *

Libraries that implement reduction based on {@code Collector}, such as * {@link Stream#collect(Collector)}, must adhere to the following constraints: *

    *
  • The first argument passed to the accumulator function, both * arguments passed to the combiner function, and the argument passed to the * finisher function must be the result of a previous invocation of the * result supplier, accumulator, or combiner functions.
  • *
  • The implementation should not do anything with the result of any of * the result supplier, accumulator, or combiner functions other than to * pass them again to the accumulator, combiner, or finisher functions, * or return them to the caller of the reduction operation.
  • *
  • If a result is passed to the combiner or finisher * function, and the same object is not returned from that function, it is * never used again.
  • *
  • Once a result is passed to the combiner or finisher function, it * is never passed to the accumulator function again.
  • *
  • For non-concurrent collectors, any result returned from the result * supplier, accumulator, or combiner functions must be serially * thread-confined. This enables collection to occur in parallel without * the {@code Collector} needing to implement any additional synchronization. * The reduction implementation must manage that the input is properly * partitioned, that partitions are processed in isolation, and combining * happens only after accumulation is complete.
  • *
  • For concurrent collectors, an implementation is free to (but not * required to) implement reduction concurrently. A concurrent reduction * is one where the accumulator function is called concurrently from * multiple threads, using the same concurrently-modifiable result container, * rather than keeping the result isolated during accumulation. * A concurrent reduction should only be applied if the collector has the * {@link Characteristics#UNORDERED} characteristics or if the * originating data is unordered.
  • *
* *

In addition to the predefined implementations in {@link Collectors}, the * static factory methods {@link #of(Supplier, BiConsumer, BinaryOperator, Characteristics...)} * can be used to construct collectors. For example, you could create a collector * that accumulates widgets into a {@code TreeSet} with: * *

{@code
 *     Collector> intoSet =
 *         Collector.of(TreeSet::new, TreeSet::add,
 *                      (left, right) -> { left.addAll(right); return left; });
 * }
* * (This behavior is also implemented by the predefined collector * {@link Collectors#toCollection(Supplier)}). * * @apiNote * Performing a reduction operation with a {@code Collector} should produce a * result equivalent to: *
{@code
 *     R container = collector.supplier().get();
 *     for (T t : data)
 *         collector.accumulator().accept(container, t);
 *     return collector.finisher().apply(container);
 * }
* *

However, the library is free to partition the input, perform the reduction * on the partitions, and then use the combiner function to combine the partial * results to achieve a parallel reduction. (Depending on the specific reduction * operation, this may perform better or worse, depending on the relative cost * of the accumulator and combiner functions.) * *

Collectors are designed to be composed; many of the methods * in {@link Collectors} are functions that take a collector and produce * a new collector. For example, given the following collector that computes * the sum of the salaries of a stream of employees: * *

{@code
 *     Collector summingSalaries
 *         = Collectors.summingInt(Employee::getSalary))
 * }
* * If we wanted to create a collector to tabulate the sum of salaries by * department, we could reuse the "sum of salaries" logic using * {@link Collectors#groupingBy(Function, Collector)}: * *
{@code
 *     Collector> summingSalariesByDept
 *         = Collectors.groupingBy(Employee::getDepartment, summingSalaries);
 * }
* * @see Stream#collect(Collector) * @see Collectors * * @param the type of input elements to the reduction operation * @param the mutable accumulation type of the reduction operation (often * hidden as an implementation detail) * @param the result type of the reduction operation * @since 1.8 */ public interface Collector { /** * A function that creates and returns a new mutable result container. * * @return a function which returns a new, mutable result container */ Supplier supplier(); /** * A function that folds a value into a mutable result container. * * @return a function which folds a value into a mutable result container */ BiConsumer accumulator(); /** * A function that accepts two partial results and merges them. The * combiner function may fold state from one argument into the other and * return that, or may return a new result container. * * @return a function which combines two partial results into a combined * result */ BinaryOperator combiner(); /** * Perform the final transformation from the intermediate accumulation type * {@code A} to the final result type {@code R}. * *

If the characteristic {@code IDENTITY_TRANSFORM} is * set, this function may be presumed to be an identity transform with an * unchecked cast from {@code A} to {@code R}. * * @return a function which transforms the intermediate result to the final * result */ Function finisher(); /** * Returns a {@code Set} of {@code Collector.Characteristics} indicating * the characteristics of this Collector. This set should be immutable. * * @return an immutable set of collector characteristics */ Set characteristics(); /** * Returns a new {@code Collector} described by the given {@code supplier}, * {@code accumulator}, and {@code combiner} functions. The resulting * {@code Collector} has the {@code Collector.Characteristics.IDENTITY_FINISH} * characteristic. * * @param supplier The supplier function for the new collector * @param accumulator The accumulator function for the new collector * @param combiner The combiner function for the new collector * @param characteristics The collector characteristics for the new * collector * @param The type of input elements for the new collector * @param The type of intermediate accumulation result, and final result, * for the new collector * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null * @return the new {@code Collector} */ // public static Collector of(Supplier supplier, // BiConsumer accumulator, // BinaryOperator combiner, // Characteristics... characteristics) { // Objects.requireNonNull(supplier); // Objects.requireNonNull(accumulator); // Objects.requireNonNull(combiner); // Objects.requireNonNull(characteristics); // Set cs = (characteristics.length == 0) // ? Collectors.CH_ID // : Collections.unmodifiableSet(EnumSet.of(Collector.Characteristics.IDENTITY_FINISH, // characteristics)); // return new Collectors.CollectorImpl<>(supplier, accumulator, combiner, cs); // } /** * Returns a new {@code Collector} described by the given {@code supplier}, * {@code accumulator}, {@code combiner}, and {@code finisher} functions. * * @param supplier The supplier function for the new collector * @param accumulator The accumulator function for the new collector * @param combiner The combiner function for the new collector * @param finisher The finisher function for the new collector * @param characteristics The collector characteristics for the new * collector * @param The type of input elements for the new collector * @param The intermediate accumulation type of the new collector * @param The final result type of the new collector * @throws NullPointerException if any argument is null * @return the new {@code Collector} */ // public static Collector of(Supplier supplier, // BiConsumer accumulator, // BinaryOperator combiner, // Function finisher, // Characteristics... characteristics) { // Objects.requireNonNull(supplier); // Objects.requireNonNull(accumulator); // Objects.requireNonNull(combiner); // Objects.requireNonNull(finisher); // Objects.requireNonNull(characteristics); // Set cs = Collectors.CH_NOID; // if (characteristics.length > 0) { // cs = EnumSet.noneOf(Characteristics.class); // Collections.addAll(cs, characteristics); // cs = Collections.unmodifiableSet(cs); // } // return new Collectors.CollectorImpl<>(supplier, accumulator, combiner, finisher, cs); // } /** * Characteristics indicating properties of a {@code Collector}, which can * be used to optimize reduction implementations. */ enum Characteristics { /** * Indicates that this collector is concurrent, meaning that * the result container can support the accumulator function being * called concurrently with the same result container from multiple * threads. * *

If a {@code CONCURRENT} collector is not also {@code UNORDERED}, * then it should only be evaluated concurrently if applied to an * unordered data source. */ CONCURRENT, /** * Indicates that the collection operation does not commit to preserving * the encounter order of input elements. (This might be true if the * result container has no intrinsic order, such as a {@link Set}.) */ UNORDERED, /** * Indicates that the finisher function is the identity function and * can be elided. If set, it must be the case that an unchecked cast * from A to R will succeed. */ IDENTITY_FINISH } }





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