https://github.com/canscale/StableHashMap

Stable HashMaps in Motoko
https://github.com/canscale/StableHashMap

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Stable HashMaps in Motoko

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/canscale/StableHashMap
• Owner: canscale
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2022-03-01T07:12:55.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-05-18T20:07:29.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-26T10:35:22.082Z (5 months ago)
• Language: Motoko
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• Size: 32.2 KB
• Stars: 14
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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• awesome-motoko - Stable HashMaps - Functional & Class-Based (Heap-based) stable Hashmaps in Motoko. (Libraries / Data structures)

README

        
# StableHashMap 

Stable HashMaps in Motoko. 

## Motivation

Inspiration taken from [this back and forth in the Dfinity developer forums](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/clarification-on-stable-types-with-examples/11075).

## API Documentation

API documentation for this library can be found at https://canscale.github.io/StableHashMap

## Implementation

Two different StableHashMap implementations are accessible via this module.

### FunctionalStableHashMap (**Recommended**)

  This module is a direct deconstruction of the object oriented [HashMap.mo class in motoko-base]

  (https://github.com/dfinity/motoko-base/blob/master/src/HashMap.mo)

  into a series of functions and is meant to be persistent across updates, with the tradeoff 

  being larger function signatures.

  One of the main additions/difference between the two modules at this time besides class deconstruction

  is the differing initialization methods if an initialCapacity is known (to prevent array doubling 

  slowdown during map initialization)

### ClassStableHashMap

  **Note**: If using this module the `exportProps()` and `importProps()` class methods must be used in conjunction with the system pre/post-upgrade methods to assure stability.

  This module is nearly identical to [https://github.com/dfinity/motoko-base/blob/master/src/HashMap.mo](https://github.com/dfinity/motoko-base/blob/master/src/HashMap.mo), except public `exportProps()` and `importProps()` class methods were added to the original implementation in order to allow the hashtable and it's item count to be retrievable and therefore persistable across upgrades.

## License

StableHashMap is distributed under the terms of the Apache License (Version 2.0).

See LICENSE for details.