arraylist

Name

arraylist -- An intutive rust vector wrapper built on top of rust vector implementation. Taste like Java Arraylist, and can be used like Python list functons and JavaScript array.

Installation

In the Cargo.toml file

[dependancies]
arraylist = {git = "https://github.com/2teez/arraylist"}
    
OR 

[dependancies]
arraylist = "0.1.0"

In the main.rs file

To Use

#[macro_use] 
extern crate arraylist;

use arraylist::arl::ArrayList;

Description

arraylist - is a rust wrapper built on the rust standard vector implementation. It makes it easier to work more intutively using vector as list or growable arrays in other languages like Java, JavaScript and others with little or no "fighting" with rust borrow checker; an ever present, stubborn but great friend coding in rust.

arraylist is NOT a rewrite of vec in rust, but rather a wrapping that provides safe, easier and possible interface while using "interior mutability" which rust language made available.

Using crate arraylist makes it possible to work with immutable values, objects etc, yet making several changes without having your code with "mut" keyword everywhere. Though, you might still have to use it in a few cases. But mostly you are working on immutable values.

The functions provided by arraylist crate, bears alot of resemblance with Java ArrayList methods. Even if you have not used java before, it feels intutive and hides some "headache" workings in rust-lang.

Example

The code below is not possible just using vec in rust like so:

let vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
vec.push(6); // cannot borrow as mutable

With arraylist, it works like so, using immutable variable:

let arr = arraylist![1, 2, 3, 4];
arr.push(5);
arr.push(6);

// print out your arraylist like so:
arr.print(); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

However, to get the same result in vec, you must make your variable mutable.

You can also work with mutable variable using arraylist like so:

let mut arr = arraylist![];
arr.add(1).add(2).add(3).add(4).add(5).finish();

arr.print(); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
// or use
println!("{}", arr); // same result as above

Note that when function finish is called on the mutable 'object', you get back immutable one. You can chain them all up and get an immutable variable.

// you can create, add, and assign or print it all out 
// like so

ArrayList::new()                                                        
         .add("lagos")                                                                                                       
         .add("enugu")                                                        
         .add("cairo")                                                        
         .finish()                                                            
         .print();  // ["lagos", "enugu", "cairo"]
// or assign
let places = ArrayList::new().ad(..)..finish();
places.print();

Try this one out using vanilla vec in rust

let al = arraylist![].add("bruno").add("b").add("🦀")
     .add("ß").add("བོད་སྐད་ལ").finish();
     
 // a for_each macro, takes an immutable variable and a closure
 // each of the string in the arraylist becomes a titled case
 for_each!(al, |a| {
     let mut upper = a.chars().collect::<Vec<_>>();
     upper[0] = upper[0].to_ascii_uppercase();
     upper.iter().fold(String::from(""), |mut a, b| {
         a.push(*b);
         a
     })
 })
 .print();  // ["Bruno", "B", "🦀", "ß", "བ\u{f7c}ད་ས\u{f90}ད་ལ"]

ArrayList Methods

arraylist uses a common name of function/method used in languages like Java, JavaScript, Python and the rest. So, the methods presented below are intutive to use. I intend to both present and demonstrate how each method can be used. But note that, each programmer's expression is limited by the amount of knowledge available to h(im|er).

Below are the list of the available methods in the crate ArrayList:

1. add

pub fn add(&mut self) -> &ArrayList

• Pushes a value into a mutable instance of either an empty or non-empty arraylist ArrayList. The length of the list is increased by 1.

    let al = ArrayList::new()
                .add("Lagos")
                .add("Abuja")
                .finish();

2. add_all

pub fn add_all(&self, collection: &[T])

• Takes a slice refrence, and append each of it's elements to the end of the list. Using the extend function of the underlaying vec. The length of the list increased by the number of the elements in the slice. The capacity of the list is also adjusted accordingly.

let al = arraylist![1, 2];
    al.add_all(&[3, 4, 5]);
    al.print(); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

3. add_all_at_index

pub fn add_all_at_index(&self, idx: usize, collection: &[T])

• This function takes two parameters; the starting index for the collection to be inserted. And the a slice refrence to be inserted. It pushes the values in the list to right as it adds values from the slice parameter. Note that the starting index MUST not be greater than the length of the list itself. If the starting index is greater than the length or size of the list, your code panics.

let al = arraylist![1, 2, 3];
    al.add_all_at_index(1, &[4, 5, 6]);
    al.print(); // [1, 4, 5, 6, 2, 3]

4. cap

pub fn cap(&self) -> usize

• Return the capacity of the list.

    println!(
        "{}",
        ArrayList::start_with(&["coke", "fanta", "pepsi", "chapman"]).cap()
     );

5. clear

pub fn clear(&self)

• Clears: it is remove all the elements in the list.

let al = arraylist![1, 2, 3];
    al.clear();
    al.print(); // []

6. clone

pub fn clone(&self) -> ArrayList

• Returns a new different ArrayList instance, having the same elements. It is not a refrence. A change to the element made by clone does NOT in any way affect the other instance.

let new_clone = al.clone();
    new_clone.push(1);
    new_clone.push(3);
    new_clone.print(); // [1, 3]
    al.print();       // []

7. contains

pub fn contains(&self, value: T) -> bool

• Returns true if the list contains the value of the parameter.

let players = arraylist!["Yekini", "Pele", "Ronaldo", "Messi"];
    println!("{}", players.contains("Yakubu")); // false
    println!("{}", players.contains("Ronaldo")); // true

8. copy

pub fn copy(&self) -> &ArrayList

• Returns a reference "copy" of the arraylist instance. Any change made one, reflect on the other. This is difference from the clone method. Note, you can make several copies of that instance.

let new_copy = al.copy();
    new_copy.push(1);
    new_copy.push(3);
    al.push(0);
    new_copy.print(); // [1, 3, 0]
    al.print();       // [1, 3, 0]

9. default

pub fn default(&self) -> ArrayList

• Implements the Default traits for ArrayList. Returns a new arraylist instance with default values for each of it's elements.

    #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
    struct Person<'a> {
        name: &'a str,
        age: u32,
    }
    let array = ArrayList::<Person>::default();
    array.print(); //   []
    array.push(Person {
        name: "boris",
        age: 23,
    });
    array.print(); //  [Person { name: "boris", age: 23 }

10. ensure_capacity

pub fn ensure_capacity(size: usize) -> ArrayList

• Construts a new and empty ArrayList with a specified capacity.

let na: ArrayList<u8> = ArrayList::ensure_capacity(10);
    println!("{}", na.cap()); // 10

11. finish
12. for_each
13. from_slice
14. get
15. index_in
16. index_of
17. index_of_all
18. insert
19. is_empty
20. len
21. new
22. pop
23. print
24. push
25. push_on_index
26. remove
27. remove_if
28. replace
29. size
30. start_with
31. sub_list
32. to_vec

TODO

[] Finish up the presentation and the documentation. All methods and macros works as intended. [] Carry out more test and benchmarks for complex scenarios.