Class ResizingArrayStack<Item>

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Iterable<Item>

    public class ResizingArrayStack<Item>
    extends Object
    implements Iterable<Item>
    The ResizingArrayStack class represents a last-in-first-out (LIFO) stack of generic items. It supports the usual push and pop operations, along with methods for peeking at the top item, testing if the stack is empty, and iterating through the items in LIFO order.

    This implementation uses a resizing array, which double the underlying array when it is full and halves the underlying array when it is one-quarter full. The push and pop operations take constant amortized time. The size, peek, and is-empty operations takes constant time in the worst case.

    For additional documentation, see Section 1.3 of Algorithms, 4th Edition by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.

    Author:
    Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
    • Constructor Detail

      • ResizingArrayStack

        public ResizingArrayStack()
        Initializes an empty stack.
    • Method Detail

      • isEmpty

        public boolean isEmpty()
        Is this stack empty?
        Returns:
        true if this stack is empty; false otherwise
      • size

        public int size()
        Returns the number of items in the stack.
        Returns:
        the number of items in the stack
      • push

        public void push​(Item item)
        Adds the item to this stack.
        Parameters:
        item - the item to add
      • pop

        public Item pop()
        Removes and returns the item most recently added to this stack.
        Returns:
        the item most recently added
        Throws:
        NoSuchElementException - if this stack is empty
      • peek

        public Item peek()
        Returns (but does not remove) the item most recently added to this stack.
        Returns:
        the item most recently added to this stack
        Throws:
        NoSuchElementException - if this stack is empty
      • iterator

        public Iterator<Item> iterator()
        Returns an iterator to this stack that iterates through the items in LIFO order.
        Specified by:
        iterator in interface Iterable<Item>
        Returns:
        an iterator to this stack that iterates through the items in LIFO order.
      • main

        public static void main​(String[] args)
        Unit tests the Stack data type.
        Parameters:
        args - the command-line arguments