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The performance depends also very much on the use case.<br>
I wonder if an iterator was used for accessing the attributes or e.g.
Element.getAttribute(name) which would be a good example for "Shlemiel
the painter's algorithm".<br>
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<em></em>IMHO the hashCode() of Attribute may be improved for different
use cases by _really_ creating a hash.<br>
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Maybe something like this (which could be still optimized if called
often):<br>
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public final int hashCode() {<br>
return name.hashCode() * 29 + namespace.hashCode();<br>
}<br>
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By creating hashes in this manner one could use a HashMap for fast
random access by name because binary search will work in a sane way.<br>
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Actually I would suggest an additional class for qualified names
encapsulating name and namespace. (I would even step forward :-)<br>
It could be used to represent the element's name and namespace, too and
reduce code size as an additional benefit.<br>
BTW, hashCode() for Element would also profit ;-)<br>
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Kindest regards,<br>
Victor<br>
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