QVectorSearch/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "./ui_mainwindow.h"
 
 #include "finder.h"
-#include "grouped_finder.h"
 #include "linear_finder.h"
 #include "parallel_finder.h"
 #include "timer.h"
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "word_list_generator.h"
 
 #include <sstream>
+#include <thread>
 
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
     : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWindow) {
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ void MainWindow::setupAlgorithmSelector() {
   search_algorithms_.appendRow(new QStandardItem("Linear search"));
   search_algorithms_.appendRow(new QStandardItem("Parallel search"));
   search_algorithms_.appendRow(new QStandardItem("Tree search"));
-  search_algorithms_.appendRow(new QStandardItem("Grouped search"));
 }
 
 void MainWindow::generateWordList() {
@@ -69,14 +68,12 @@ void MainWindow::createSelectedFinder() {
     finder_ = std::make_unique<LinearFinder>(word_list_);
     break;
   case 1:
-    finder_ = std::make_unique<ParallelFinder>(word_list_);
+    finder_ = std::make_unique<ParallelFinder>(
+        word_list_, std::thread::hardware_concurrency());
     break;
   case 2:
     finder_ = std::make_unique<TreeFinder>(word_list_);
     break;
-  case 3:
-    finder_ = std::make_unique<GroupedFinder>(word_list_);
-    break;
   }
 }
 

lib_vector_search/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ add_library(
   src/parallel_finder.cpp
   include/parallel_finder.h
   src/tree_finder.cpp
-  include/tree_finder.h
-  src/grouped_finder.cpp
-  include/grouped_finder.h)
+  include/tree_finder.h)
 
 target_include_directories(vector_search PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 

lib_vector_search/include/grouped_finder.h

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "finder.h"
-
-#include <map>
-#include <vector>
-
-class GroupedFinder : public Finder {
-private:
-  std::map<char, std::vector<const std::string *>> groups_;
-
-public:
-  GroupedFinder(const std::vector<string> &word_list);
-
-  virtual std::forward_list<const std::string *>
-  find_prefix(std::string_view search_term) const override;
-};

lib_vector_search/include/parallel_finder.h

@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 
 class ParallelFinder : public Finder {
 private:
+  const size_t thread_count_;
   const std::vector<string> &word_list_;
 
 public:
-  ParallelFinder(const std::vector<string> &word_list);
+  ParallelFinder(const std::vector<string> &word_list, size_t thread_count);
 
   std::forward_list<const std::string *>
   find_prefix(std::string_view search_term) const override;

lib_vector_search/src/grouped_finder.cpp

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-#include "grouped_finder.h"
-
-#include <mutex>
-#include <thread>
-#include <vector>
-
-using std::mutex, std::vector, std::thread, std::lock_guard;
-
-GroupedFinder::GroupedFinder(const std::vector<string> &word_list) {
-  for (const auto &word : word_list) {
-    groups_[word.front()].push_back(&word);
-  }
-}
-
-std::forward_list<const std::string *>
-GroupedFinder::find_prefix(std::string_view search_term) const {
-  const auto group = groups_.find(search_term.front());
-  if (group == groups_.cend()) {
-    return {};
-  }
-
-  const auto word_list = group->second;
-  const auto word_list_size = word_list.size();
-
-  const auto thread_count = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
-
-  forward_list<const string *> matching_words;
-  mutex matching_words_mutex;
-
-  vector<thread> search_threads;
-  for (size_t thread_index = 0; thread_index < thread_count; ++thread_index) {
-    const size_t first_word_index =
-        thread_index * (word_list_size / thread_count);
-    const size_t last_word_index =
-        (thread_index == thread_count - 1)
-            ? word_list_size
-            : (thread_index + 1) * (word_list_size / thread_count);
-
-    search_threads.emplace_back(
-        [](const vector<const string *> &word_list,
-           const string_view &search_term, forward_list<const string *> &result,
-           size_t start_index, size_t end_index, mutex &result_mutex) {
-          forward_list<const string *> thread_results;
-          for (size_t index = start_index; index < end_index; ++index) {
-            const auto &current_word = word_list[index];
-            if (current_word->starts_with(search_term)) {
-              thread_results.push_front(current_word);
-            }
-          }
-          if (!thread_results.empty()) {
-            const lock_guard<mutex> lock(result_mutex);
-            result.merge(thread_results);
-          }
-        },
-        cref(word_list), cref(search_term), ref(matching_words),
-        first_word_index, last_word_index, ref(matching_words_mutex));
-  }
-
-  for (auto &thread : search_threads) {
-    thread.join();
-  }
-
-  return matching_words;
-}

lib_vector_search/src/parallel_finder.cpp

@@ -5,26 +5,23 @@
 
 using std::mutex, std::thread, std::lock_guard, std::vector, std::forward_list;
 
-ParallelFinder::ParallelFinder(const vector<string> &word_list)
-    : word_list_(word_list) {}
+ParallelFinder::ParallelFinder(const vector<string> &word_list,
+                               size_t thread_count)
+    : word_list_(word_list), thread_count_(thread_count) {}
 
 forward_list<const string *>
 ParallelFinder::find_prefix(string_view search_term) const {
   forward_list<const string *> result;
   mutex result_mutex;
 
-  const auto word_list_size = word_list_.size();
-
-  const size_t thread_count = thread::hardware_concurrency();
-
   vector<thread> threads;
-  for (size_t thread_index = 0; thread_index < thread_count; ++thread_index) {
+  for (size_t thread_index = 0; thread_index < thread_count_; ++thread_index) {
     const size_t first_word_index =
-        thread_index * (word_list_size / thread_count);
+        thread_index * (word_list_.size() / thread_count_);
     const size_t last_word_index =
-        (thread_index == thread_count - 1)
-            ? word_list_size
-            : (thread_index + 1) * (word_list_size / thread_count);
+        (thread_index == thread_count_ - 1)
+            ? word_list_.size()
+            : (thread_index + 1) * (word_list_.size() / thread_count_);
 
     threads.emplace_back(
         [](const vector<string> &word_list, const string_view &search_term,

vector_search_cli/main.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include "grouped_finder.h"
 #include "linear_finder.h"
 #include "parallel_finder.h"
 #include "timer.h"
@@ -25,37 +24,36 @@ vector<string> generate_word_list() {
   return word_list;
 }
 
-void test_finder_search(Finder &finder, std::string_view name,
-                        std::string_view search_term) {
-  Timer find_timer;
-  auto result = finder.find_prefix(search_term);
-  find_timer.stop();
-
-  cout << name << "(" << search_term << ") took " << find_timer << endl;
-  cout << "result list is " << std::distance(result.cbegin(), result.cend())
-       << " element(s) long" << endl;
-}
-
-void test_finder(Finder &finder, std::string_view name) {
-  for (const auto &search_term : {"A", "AB", "ABC", "ABCD"}) {
-    test_finder_search(finder, name, search_term);
-  }
-}
-
 void test_linear_finder(const vector<string> &word_list) {
   cout << "\nrunning linear finder" << endl;
 
   LinearFinder linear_finder(word_list);
 
-  test_finder(linear_finder, "linear finder");
+  Timer find_timer;
+  auto result = linear_finder.find_prefix("ABCD");
+  find_timer.stop();
+
+  cout << "linear finder took " << find_timer << endl;
+  cout << "result list is " << std::distance(result.cbegin(), result.cend())
+       << " element(s) long" << endl;
 }
 
 void test_parallel_finder(const vector<string> &word_list) {
   cout << "\nrunning parallel finder" << endl;
 
-  ParallelFinder parallel_finder(word_list);
+  const size_t thread_count = thread::hardware_concurrency();
 
-  test_finder(parallel_finder, "parallel finder");
+  cout << "using " << thread_count << " threads" << endl;
+
+  ParallelFinder parallel_finder(word_list, thread_count);
+
+  Timer find_timer;
+  auto result = parallel_finder.find_prefix("ABCD");
+  find_timer.stop();
+
+  cout << "parallel finder took " << find_timer << endl;
+  cout << "result list is " << std::distance(result.cbegin(), result.cend())
+       << " element(s) long" << endl;
 }
 
 void test_tree_finder(const vector<string> &word_list) {
@@ -64,20 +62,16 @@ void test_tree_finder(const vector<string> &word_list) {
   Timer constructor_timer;
   TreeFinder tree_finder(word_list);
   constructor_timer.stop();
+
   cout << "tree finder constructor took " << constructor_timer << endl;
 
-  test_finder(tree_finder, "tree finder");
-}
+  Timer find_timer;
+  auto result = tree_finder.find_prefix("ABCD");
+  find_timer.stop();
 
-void test_grouped_finder(const vector<string> &word_list) {
-  cout << "\nrunning grouped finder" << endl;
-
-  Timer constructor_timer;
-  GroupedFinder grouped_finder(word_list);
-  constructor_timer.stop();
-  cout << "grouped finder constructor took " << constructor_timer << endl;
-
-  test_finder(grouped_finder, "grouped_finder");
+  cout << "tree finder took " << find_timer << endl;
+  cout << "result list is " << std::distance(result.cbegin(), result.cend())
+       << " element(s) long" << endl;
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
@@ -88,7 +82,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   test_linear_finder(word_list);
   test_parallel_finder(word_list);
   test_tree_finder(word_list);
-  test_grouped_finder(word_list);
 
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }