isWellFormed() for HashMap

[hddbogdan]

Hello, I`m doing a project where I have to store the accounts of a bank in a hash table structure. I have managed to do that by using a HashMap object and storing the accounts using the pin numbers as keys.

The project demands that I use design by contract and I need to create a isWellFormed() method for the hash map in order to check the hash function it uses, whether the linked list is created properly... and I don't know how I could access the elements of the HashMap. Any ideas?

[dlorde]

... I don't know how I could access the elements of the HashMap. Any ideas?

The HashMap API docs tell you all the access methods available.

[hddbogdan]

I have read the API docs and have worked with the HashMap. The rest of the project is done, I just need to make a method which checks if the HashMap is correctly built. I know its kinda weird since it is a java class, but that`s what the project requires.

I need access to the hash function and to the linked list it creates in case of collision...

[doWhile]

I'm just guessing here as you don't provide much information on the requirements, but it sounds like the project requires you to write your own HashMap/HashTable - these values (hash function and buckets) are encapsulated within the HashMap class (eg, they aren't visible and you can't access these directly), and I can guarantee they are correctly built