SplayTreeMap<K, V> class

A Map of objects that can be ordered relative to each other.

The map is based on a self-balancing binary tree. It allows most operations in amortized logarithmic time.

Keys of the map are compared using the compare function passed in the constructor, both for ordering and for equality. If the map contains only the key a, then map.containsKey(b) will return true if and only if compare(a, b) == 0, and the value of a == b is not even checked. If the compare function is omitted, the objects are assumed to be Comparable, and are compared using their Comparable.compareTo method. Non-comparable objects (including null) will not work as keys in that case.

To allow calling operator [], remove or containsKey with objects that are not supported by the compare function, an extra isValidKey predicate function can be supplied. This function is tested before using the compare function on an argument value that may not be a K value. If omitted, the isValidKey function defaults to testing if the value is a K.