Guava - Table Interface

Table represents a special map where two keys can be specified in combined fashion to refer to a single value. It is similar to creating a map of maps.

Interface Declaration

Following is the declaration for com.google.common.collect.Table<R,C,V> interface −

@GwtCompatible
public interface Table<R,C,V>

Interface Methods

Example of Table Interface

Create the following java program using any editor of your choice in say C:/> Guava.

GuavaTester.java

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import com.google.common.collect.HashBasedTable;
import com.google.common.collect.Table;

public class GuavaTester {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
   
      //Table<R,C,V> == Map<R,Map<C,V>>
      /*
      *  Company: IBM, Microsoft, TCS
      *  IBM 		-> {101:Mahesh, 102:Ramesh, 103:Suresh}
      *  Microsoft 	-> {101:Sohan, 102:Mohan, 103:Rohan } 
      *  TCS 		-> {101:Ram, 102: Shyam, 103: Sunil } 
      * 
      * */
      
      //create a table
      Table<String, String, String> employeeTable = HashBasedTable.create();

      //initialize the table with employee details
      employeeTable.put("IBM", "101","Mahesh");
      employeeTable.put("IBM", "102","Ramesh");
      employeeTable.put("IBM", "103","Suresh");

      employeeTable.put("Microsoft", "111","Sohan");
      employeeTable.put("Microsoft", "112","Mohan");
      employeeTable.put("Microsoft", "113","Rohan");

      employeeTable.put("TCS", "121","Ram");
      employeeTable.put("TCS", "122","Shyam");
      employeeTable.put("TCS", "123","Sunil");

      //get Map corresponding to IBM
      Map<String,String> ibmEmployees =  employeeTable.row("IBM");

      System.out.println("List of IBM Employees");
      
      for(Map.Entry<String, String> entry : ibmEmployees.entrySet()) {
         System.out.println("Emp Id: " + entry.getKey() + ", Name: " + entry.getValue());
      }

      //get all the unique keys of the table
      Set<String> employers = employeeTable.rowKeySet();
      System.out.print("Employers: ");
      
      for(String employer: employers) {
         System.out.print(employer + " ");
      }
      
      System.out.println();

      //get a Map corresponding to 102
      Map<String,String> EmployerMap =  employeeTable.column("102");
      
      for(Map.Entry<String, String> entry : EmployerMap.entrySet()) {
         System.out.println("Employer: " + entry.getKey() + ", Name: " + entry.getValue());
      }		
   }	
}

Verify the Result

Compile the class using javac compiler as follows −

C:\Guava>javac GuavaTester.java

Now run the GuavaTester to see the result.

C:\Guava>java GuavaTester

See the result.

List of IBM Employees
Emp Id: 102, Name: Ramesh
Emp Id: 101, Name: Mahesh
Emp Id: 103, Name: Suresh
Employers: IBM TCS Microsoft 
Employer: IBM, Name: Ramesh

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