38SparseIntArray的使用

在通讯录联系人列表界面，使用SparseIntArray来定义positionOfSection，和sectionOfPosition，为什么这样定义呢？

看下SparseIntArray的API说明：

SparseIntArrays map integers to integers. Unlike a normal array of integers, there can be gaps in the indices. It is intended to be more memory efficient than using a HashMap to map Integers to Integers, both because it avoids auto-boxing keys and values and its data structure doesn't rely on an extra entry object for each mapping.

Note that this container keeps its mappings in an array data structure, using a binary search to find keys. The implementation is not intended to be appropriate for data structures that may contain large numbers of items. It is generally slower than a traditional HashMap, since lookups require a binary search and adds and removes require inserting and deleting entries in the array. For containers holding up to hundreds of items, the performance difference is not significant, less than 50%.

It is possible to iterate over the items in this container using keyAt(int) and valueAt(int). Iterating over the keys using keyAt(int) with ascending values of the index will return the keys in ascending order, or the values corresponding to the keys in ascending order in the case of valueAt(int).

SparseIntArrays是一种integer到integer的映射，不像普通的整数数组，他的索引可以存在间隙，他的设计是用来比HashMap更高效，因为他避免了键值对的自动装箱另外他的数据结构不依赖于额外的entry。

SparseIntArrays是基于数组的，他使用二分查找法来查找key值。他不合适数据量大的条目。插入和移动数目需要移动元素，导致其效率不高，但是查找效率很高。

	private static int binarySearch(int[] a, int start, int len, int key) {
		int high = start + len, low = start - 1, guess;
		while (high - low > 1) {
			guess = (high + low) / 2;
			if (a[guess] < key)
				low = guess;
			else
				high = guess;
		}
		if (high == start + len)
			return ~(start + len);
		else if (a[high] == key)
			return high;
		else
			return ~high;
	}

SparseIntArray是稀疏数组的意思：

所谓稀疏数组就是数组中大部分的内容值都未被使用（或都为零），在数组中仅有少部分的空间使用。因此造成内存空间的浪费，为了节省内存空间，并且不影响数组中原有的内容值，我们可以采用一种压缩的方式来表示稀疏数组的内容。

假设有一个9*7的数组，其内容如下：

 

 

在此数组中，共有63个空间，但却只使用了5个元素，造成58个元素空间的浪费。以下我们就使用稀疏数组重新来定义这个数组：

 

 

其中在稀疏数组中第一部分所记录的是原数组的列数和行数以及元素使用的个数、第二部分所记录的是原数组中元素的位置和内容。经过压缩之后，原来需要声明大小为63的数组，而使用压缩后，只需要声明大小为6*3的数组，仅需18个存储空间。

查看下他的源码：

/*
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 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package android.util;

import com.android.internal.util.ArrayUtils;
import com.android.internal.util.GrowingArrayUtils;

import libcore.util.EmptyArray;

/**
 * SparseIntArrays map integers to integers.  Unlike a normal array of integers,
 * there can be gaps in the indices.  It is intended to be more memory efficient
 * than using a HashMap to map Integers to Integers, both because it avoids
 * auto-boxing keys and values and its data structure doesn't rely on an extra entry object
 * for each mapping.
 *
 * <p>Note that this container keeps its mappings in an array data structure,
 * using a binary search to find keys.  The implementation is not intended to be appropriate for
 * data structures
 * that may contain large numbers of items.  It is generally slower than a traditional
 * HashMap, since lookups require a binary search and adds and removes require inserting
 * and deleting entries in the array.  For containers holding up to hundreds of items,
 * the performance difference is not significant, less than 50%.</p>
 *
 * <p>It is possible to iterate over the items in this container using
 * {@link #keyAt(int)} and {@link #valueAt(int)}. Iterating over the keys using
 * <code>keyAt(int)</code> with ascending values of the index will return the
 * keys in ascending order, or the values corresponding to the keys in ascending
 * order in the case of <code>valueAt(int)</code>.</p>
 */
public class SparseIntArray implements Cloneable {
    private int[] mKeys;
    private int[] mValues;
    private int mSize;

    /**
     * Creates a new SparseIntArray containing no mappings.
     */
    public SparseIntArray() {
        this(10);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a new SparseIntArray containing no mappings that will not
     * require any additional memory allocation to store the specified
     * number of mappings.  If you supply an initial capacity of 0, the
     * sparse array will be initialized with a light-weight representation
     * not requiring any additional array allocations.
     */
    public SparseIntArray(int initialCapacity) {
        if (initialCapacity == 0) {
            mKeys = EmptyArray.INT;
            mValues = EmptyArray.INT;
        } else {
            mKeys = ArrayUtils.newUnpaddedIntArray(initialCapacity);
            mValues = new int[mKeys.length];
        }
        mSize = 0;
    }

    @Override
    public SparseIntArray clone() {
        SparseIntArray clone = null;
        try {
            clone = (SparseIntArray) super.clone();
            clone.mKeys = mKeys.clone();
            clone.mValues = mValues.clone();
        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException cnse) {
            /* ignore */
        }
        return clone;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the int mapped from the specified key, or <code>0</code>
     * if no such mapping has been made.
     */
    public int get(int key) {
        return get(key, 0);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the int mapped from the specified key, or the specified value
     * if no such mapping has been made.
     */
    public int get(int key, int valueIfKeyNotFound) {
        int i = ContainerHelpers.binarySearch(mKeys, mSize, key);

        if (i < 0) {
            return valueIfKeyNotFound;
        } else {
            return mValues[i];
        }
    }

    /**
     * Removes the mapping from the specified key, if there was any.
     */
    public void delete(int key) {
        int i = ContainerHelpers.binarySearch(mKeys, mSize, key);

        if (i >= 0) {
            removeAt(i);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Removes the mapping at the given index.
     */
    public void removeAt(int index) {
        System.arraycopy(mKeys, index + 1, mKeys, index, mSize - (index + 1));
        System.arraycopy(mValues, index + 1, mValues, index, mSize - (index + 1));
        mSize--;
    }

    /**
     * Adds a mapping from the specified key to the specified value,
     * replacing the previous mapping from the specified key if there
     * was one.
     */
    public void put(int key, int value) {
        int i = ContainerHelpers.binarySearch(mKeys, mSize, key);

        if (i >= 0) {
            mValues[i] = value;
        } else {
            i = ~i;

            mKeys = GrowingArrayUtils.insert(mKeys, mSize, i, key);
            mValues = GrowingArrayUtils.insert(mValues, mSize, i, value);
            mSize++;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns the number of key-value mappings that this SparseIntArray
     * currently stores.
     */
    public int size() {
        return mSize;
    }

    /**
     * Given an index in the range <code>0...size()-1</code>, returns
     * the key from the <code>index</code>th key-value mapping that this
     * SparseIntArray stores.
     *
     * <p>The keys corresponding to indices in ascending order are guaranteed to
     * be in ascending order, e.g., <code>keyAt(0)</code> will return the
     * smallest key and <code>keyAt(size()-1)</code> will return the largest
     * key.</p>
     */
    public int keyAt(int index) {
        return mKeys[index];
    }

    /**
     * Given an index in the range <code>0...size()-1</code>, returns
     * the value from the <code>index</code>th key-value mapping that this
     * SparseIntArray stores.
     *
     * <p>The values corresponding to indices in ascending order are guaranteed
     * to be associated with keys in ascending order, e.g.,
     * <code>valueAt(0)</code> will return the value associated with the
     * smallest key and <code>valueAt(size()-1)</code> will return the value
     * associated with the largest key.</p>
     */
    public int valueAt(int index) {
        return mValues[index];
    }

    /**
     * Returns the index for which {@link #keyAt} would return the
     * specified key, or a negative number if the specified
     * key is not mapped.
     */
    public int indexOfKey(int key) {
        return ContainerHelpers.binarySearch(mKeys, mSize, key);
    }

    /**
     * Returns an index for which {@link #valueAt} would return the
     * specified key, or a negative number if no keys map to the
     * specified value.
     * Beware that this is a linear search, unlike lookups by key,
     * and that multiple keys can map to the same value and this will
     * find only one of them.
     */
    public int indexOfValue(int value) {
        for (int i = 0; i < mSize; i++)
            if (mValues[i] == value)
                return i;

        return -1;
    }

    /**
     * Removes all key-value mappings from this SparseIntArray.
     */
    public void clear() {
        mSize = 0;
    }

    /**
     * Puts a key/value pair into the array, optimizing for the case where
     * the key is greater than all existing keys in the array.
     */
    public void append(int key, int value) {
        if (mSize != 0 && key <= mKeys[mSize - 1]) {
            put(key, value);
            return;
        }

        mKeys = GrowingArrayUtils.append(mKeys, mSize, key);
        mValues = GrowingArrayUtils.append(mValues, mSize, value);
        mSize++;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * <p>This implementation composes a string by iterating over its mappings.
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        if (size() <= 0) {
            return "{}";
        }

        StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(mSize * 28);
        buffer.append('{');
        for (int i=0; i<mSize; i++) {
            if (i > 0) {
                buffer.append(", ");
            }
            int key = keyAt(i);
            buffer.append(key);
            buffer.append('=');
            int value = valueAt(i);
            buffer.append(value);
        }
        buffer.append('}');
        return buffer.toString();
    }
}