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RoomOfMush

1296 Posts

November 03 2016 20:31 GMT

#15801

Yes, that is correct. The most basic binary search trees work like that. Of course you could come up with more complex tree implementations like AVL-trees and such.

findingthelimit

Hong Kong219 Posts

November 03 2016 20:34 GMT

#15802

can anyone provide me some advice with learning android? I'm not interested in every aspect of it, but I do have a couple apps that I'd like to build. I've read the google developers guide, but I'm not sure whether that's the best way to approach learning. I'm thinking of checking out some repositories of existing apps, and understanding the lifecycle and working from there, but I struggle to know what the "standard" way of doing various things are. I know java, I can learn xml on my own, but I've never really built apps before, and only familiarized myself with basic MVC in college.

I found out just this morning that MVP, the architecture google seems to advocate, is actually somewhat outdated, and MVVM and redux (i have no idea what this is) has become more mainstream.

mantequilla

Turkey781 Posts

November 03 2016 21:17 GMT

#15803

If you don't know android, and apps you plan to build are not enterprise grade complex apps, I'd say don't care much about stuff like MVVM and just learn the core things first, like activity lifecycle, ui layout, stuff that runs in background threads etc.

in my opinion things like MVVM starts to become important when you are so advanced and above the usual stuff it doesn't satisfy your needs anymore, otherwise it's premature over engineering. never no harm in learning though.

findingthelimit

Hong Kong219 Posts

November 03 2016 21:36 GMT

#15804

On November 04 2016 06:17 mantequilla wrote:
If you don't know android, and apps you plan to build are not enterprise grade complex apps, I'd say don't care much about stuff like MVVM and just learn the core things first, like activity lifecycle, ui layout, stuff that runs in background threads etc.

in my opinion things like MVVM starts to become important when you are so advanced and above the usual stuff it doesn't satisfy your needs anymore, otherwise it's premature over engineering. never no harm in learning though.

well, i want to build a blackjack game, to start with. In non-android terminology, i'll likely need a controller (activity?), where i keep track of the game, and a service class (what's the equivalent?), where i invoke methods like drawing a card, calculating the value of the card, etc., because i'd prefer not to have a bunch of code cluttering up the activity class. However, I'm not sure whether a service class exists in android, so i looked at conventional architecture for aos.

I blabbered a bunch of (non)sense so you can have a grasp on what kind of beginner i am - do you have any advice as to where i should look to further my knowledge?

thanks for your help!

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

November 03 2016 21:50 GMT

#15805

ah yikes hard problem here near the end of my review

we have:


public class LinkedList<T extends Comparable<T>> {

	private class Node {
		private T data;
		private Node next;

		private Node(T data) {
			this.data = data;
			next = null;
		}

	}

	private Node head;
	

	public LinkedList() {
		head = null;
	}
}

The review wants me to:

// Define a constructor that takes a TreeSet<T> as a parameter
// and initializes a linked list with the elements in
// the set. The new list must be sorted in increasing lexicographic order.

We've never done anything like this
I am guessing I should use recursion

so my constructor might look like this:


	LinkedList(TreeSet<T> tset) {
		if(tset != null){
		head = new Node(tset.first());
		tsetToLinkedList(head, tset.first() );
		}
        }

and then I would make a helper method that looks like .... eh...


	private void tsetToLinkedList(Node node, T tsetNode, TreeSet<T> tset) {
		if(tset.higher(tsetNode) != null) {
			node.next = new Node(tset.higher(tsetNode));
			tsetToLinkedList(node.next, tset.higher(tsetNode), tset);
		}
	}

how does that look?
I'll test it if I need or get no feedback but that kind of sounds like a pain, lol

Blisse

Canada3710 Posts

November 03 2016 21:53 GMT

#15806

I usually just Google for open-source projects related to what I'm doing, figure out how the state works for what I want to do, and then copy their implementation in what way I prefer doing.

I complained about this a lot of pages back but there's no actual "standard" way of doing things in Android. It's all whatever you learned and feel is better. For example some people use a global event bus, while the people I worked with created local event buses. Some people use callbacks instead of event buses. Some people use a single activity with views. Some people use a single activity and swap fragments. Some people use multiple activities. You try it, see if you like it, then you change or learn a newer thing.

Following fads is kinda a waste since they change all the time (re: http://zserge.com/blog/android-mvp-mvvm-redux-history.html). Should just make stuff work if you want to make stuff work, and follow the fads to learn new stuff if that's your jam.

All around useful Android tools though:

Gson
Retrofit
Event Bus
Picasso
Dagger
ButterKnife

On November 04 2016 06:36 findingthelimit wrote:

Show nested quote +

okay that helps tell us where you are. well a Service in Android is a specific thing, more like long-running background thread. I think what you're referring to as a service is just a class that provides a set of actions. In which case just make a class that the Activity initializes and calls to get the deck and calls onClick with.

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

November 03 2016 22:02 GMT

#15807

On November 04 2016 06:50 travis wrote:
Lexicographic

TreeSet doc

iterator()
Returns an iterator over the elements in this set in ascending order.

Lexicographical order just means smallest to largest. You have an iterator that provides the items in this order. You don't need recursion for that at all.

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

November 03 2016 22:05 GMT

#15808

ok so if I do a for each to make each linked list node out of the treeset nodes, then how do I actually connect those nodes to form my linked list?

RoomOfMush

1296 Posts

November 03 2016 22:09 GMT

#15809

On November 04 2016 07:02 spinesheath wrote:

Show nested quote +

TreeSet doc

Show nested quote +

Lexicographical order just means smallest to largest. You have an iterator that provides the items in this order. You don't need recursion for that at all.

I dont think travis is using the TreeSet from the standard library. They are writing their own LinkedList and the code he showed had methods called on the TreeSet which dont exist in the standard library.
But of course only travis can tell us what kind of TreeSet he is using.

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

November 03 2016 22:14 GMT

#15810

On November 04 2016 07:09 RoomOfMush wrote:

Show nested quote +

standard library TreeSet
so using the iterator would be fine
it's the linked list that is custom.

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

November 03 2016 22:18 GMT

#15811

On November 04 2016 07:05 travis wrote:
ok so if I do a for each to make each linked list node out of the treeset nodes, then how do I actually connect those nodes to form my linked list?

I'm pretty sure you already have something for that. It's probably called "add". Always look at what you have before trying to implement something new.

Blisse

Canada3710 Posts

November 03 2016 22:20 GMT

#15812

On November 04 2016 07:05 travis wrote:
ok so if I do a for each to make each linked list node out of the treeset nodes, then how do I actually connect those nodes to form my linked list?

well i think that's the entire assignment, learning how to create a linked list given some other data and connect the nodes together? just set the next variable to the correct value?

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

November 03 2016 22:25 GMT

#15813

On November 04 2016 07:18 spinesheath wrote:

Show nested quote +

I'm pretty sure you already have something for that. It's probably called "add". Always look at what you have before trying to implement something new.

nono, i am making the add method for the linked list because I am writing the linked list

so I can't do that

I guess I could write an add method and then call it in the for each
but it doesn't seem like that was the directions... eh I guess maybe it was LOL

On November 04 2016 07:20 Blisse wrote:

Show nested quote +

well i think that's the entire assignment, learning how to create a linked list given some other data and connect the nodes together? just set the next variable to the correct value?

yes it is the assignment which is why I posted my (attempt at) code to do that. but then I was told to use the iterator which really doesn't solve the essential problem I was addressing, which is adding the TreeSet nodes to my linked list. it just gives me a easier(i guess) way to access the TreeSet nodes

I know how to make a linked list. the issue was taking a bunch of nodes at once and forming them into a linked list, instead of just a method to do it one at a time (which is what I am used to)

maybe I should have just written an add method...

RoomOfMush

1296 Posts

November 03 2016 22:29 GMT

#15814

On November 04 2016 07:14 travis wrote:

Show nested quote +

standard library TreeSet
so using the iterator would be fine
it's the linked list that is custom.

Well in that case you iterate over the TreeSet with the iterator as already mentioned. Then you create a new Node of your LinkedList for each element within the TreeSet and append it to the last element of your list. It is always a good idea to link both the first and the last element of your list for easier adds to the end of the list.

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

November 03 2016 22:39 GMT

#15815

On November 04 2016 07:29 RoomOfMush wrote:

Show nested quote +

ah so like for each one
for(T value : TreeSet<T>) {
tail.next = value;
tail = tail.next;
}

does this work?
it always confuses me conceptually

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

November 03 2016 22:46 GMT

#15816

You definitely should use the add method in the constructor. You will definitely need an add, and it does exactly what you need here. No point in inventing the wheel twice. That also would be code duplication, which you should avoid.

Generally, when you implement a container class like LinkedList, always start with the basic operations like add/remove/size and the constructor for an empty container and define everything else in terms of these basic operations. Especially operations that add/remove multiple elements.

Also if you want to know how it would look like if you implemented everything in the constructor, still write the single item add first, call it from within a loop and then replace the call to add with the implementation of add.

billy5000

United States865 Posts

November 03 2016 23:11 GMT

#15817

One of the things that bothers me is how I should break my code into functions, objects, etc. Basically how I should design my code. Not necessarily design patterns per se, but refactoring and OOP in general. Is there a good book or article that touches this topic? For the most part, I know how to do it, but I just don't know the best way to do it.

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

November 03 2016 23:37 GMT

#15818

continuing on with next problem (sorry to spam the thread, exam is tomorrow

)

I am provided


public class LinkedList<T> {
	private class Node {
		private T data;
		private Node next;

		private Node(T data) {
			this.data = data;
			next = null;
		}
	}
	private Node head;
}

question:

write a method public void insertValueAfter(T value, T target)
the value must be inserted directly after the target
you must use recursion, you can use an auxiliary helper method
if you find it useful

my solution


public void insertValueAfter(T value, T target) {
	if(head == null) {
		return;
	}
	if(head.data.equals(target) {
		result = new Node(value);
		result.next = head.next;
		head.next = result;
	} else {
		helperMethod(head, value, target);
	}
}

private void helperMethod(Node thisnode, T value, T target) {
	if(thisnode.next == null) {
		return;
	}
	if(this.node.next.data.equals(targete) {
		result = new Node(value);
		result.next = thisnode.next.next;
		thisnode.next.next = result;	
	} else {
		helperMethod(thisnode.next, value, target);
	}
}

my question: how in the world would I do this *without* a helper method?

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

November 04 2016 00:31 GMT

#15819

next review question
same problem but

public void insertValueBefore(T value, T target) {

and you *can't* use recursion

my solution:


	public void insertValueBefore(T value, T target) {
		Node temp = new Node(null);

		if(head.data.equals(target)) {
			temp.data = value;
			temp.next = head;
			head = temp;
		} else {
			temp = head;
			while(temp.next != null) {
				if(temp.next.data.equals(target)) {
					Node result = new Node(value);
					result.next = temp.next;
					temp.next = result;
					result.data = value;
					return;
				}
			temp = temp.next;
			}
		}
	}

edit: tested them in eclipse. besides some small errors it looks like they work. now for some tree problems

tofucake

Hyrule19194 Posts

November 04 2016 01:41 GMT

#15820

for the recursive one I'd just overload the function for something like


public void insertValueAfter(T value, T target) {
    insertValueAfter(value, target, head);
}

public void insertValueAfter(T value, T target, Node start) {
    // ...
}

but I'm not sure if that qualifies as a helper, or if you've covered overloading yet

as for non-recursive


public void insertValueBefore(T value, T target) {
    Node temp = head;

    while (temp != null) {
        if (temp.data.equals(target)) {
            Node result = new Node(value, temp.next);
            temp.next = result;
            return;
        }

        temp = temp.next;
    }
}

is clean and simple

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