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package DataStructures.Lists;

import java.util.Objects;

public class CursorLinkedList<T> {

  private static class Node<T> {

    T element;
    int next;

    Node(T element, int next) {
      this.element = element;
      this.next = next;
    }
  }

  private final int os;
  private int head;
  private final Node<T>[] cursorSpace;
  private int count;
  private static final int CURSOR_SPACE_SIZE = 100;

  {
    // init at loading time
    cursorSpace = new Node[CURSOR_SPACE_SIZE];
    for (int i = 0; i < CURSOR_SPACE_SIZE; i++) {
      cursorSpace[i] = new Node<>(null, i + 1);
    }
    cursorSpace[CURSOR_SPACE_SIZE - 1].next = 0;
  }

  public CursorLinkedList() {
    os = 0;
    count = 0;
    head = -1;
  }

  public void printList() {

    if (head != -1) {

      int start = head;
      while (start != -1) {

        T element = cursorSpace[start].element;
        System.out.println(element.toString());
        start = cursorSpace[start].next;
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * @return the logical index of the element within the list , not the actual index of the
   *     [cursorSpace] array
   */
  public int indexOf(T element) {

    Objects.requireNonNull(element);
    Node<T> iterator = cursorSpace[head];
    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
      if (iterator.element.equals(element)) {
        return i;
      }
      iterator = cursorSpace[iterator.next];
    }

    return -1;
  }

  /**
   * @param position , the logical index of the element , not the actual one within the
   *     [cursorSpace] array . this method should be used to get the index give by indexOf() method.
   * @return
   */
  public T get(int position) {

    if (position >= 0 && position < count) {

      int start = head;
      int counter = 0;
      while (start != -1) {

        T element = cursorSpace[start].element;
        if (counter == position) {
          return element;
        }

        start = cursorSpace[start].next;
        counter++;
      }
    }

    return null;
  }

  public void removeByIndex(int index) {

    if (index >= 0 && index < count) {

      T element = get(index);
      remove(element);
    }
  }

  public void remove(T element) {

    Objects.requireNonNull(element);

    // case element is in the head
    T temp_element = cursorSpace[head].element;
    int temp_next = cursorSpace[head].next;
    if (temp_element.equals(element)) {
      free(head);
      head = temp_next;
    } else { // otherwise cases

      int prev_index = head;
      int current_index = cursorSpace[prev_index].next;

      while (current_index != -1) {

        T current_element = cursorSpace[current_index].element;
        if (current_element.equals(element)) {
          cursorSpace[prev_index].next = cursorSpace[current_index].next;
          free(current_index);
          break;
        }

        prev_index = current_index;
        current_index = cursorSpace[prev_index].next;
      }
    }

    count--;
  }

  private void free(int index) {

    Node os_node = cursorSpace[os];
    int os_next = os_node.next;
    cursorSpace[os].next = index;
    cursorSpace[index].element = null;
    cursorSpace[index].next = os_next;
  }

  public void append(T element) {

    Objects.requireNonNull(element);
    int availableIndex = alloc();
    cursorSpace[availableIndex].element = element;

    if (head == -1) {
      head = availableIndex;
    }

    int iterator = head;
    while (cursorSpace[iterator].next != -1) {
      iterator = cursorSpace[iterator].next;
    }

    cursorSpace[iterator].next = availableIndex;
    cursorSpace[availableIndex].next = -1;

    count++;
  }

  /** @return the index of the next available node */
  private int alloc() {

    // 1- get the index at which the os is pointing
    int availableNodeIndex = cursorSpace[os].next;

    if (availableNodeIndex == 0) {
      throw new OutOfMemoryError();
    }

    // 2- make the os point to the next of the  @var{availableNodeIndex}
    int availableNext = cursorSpace[availableNodeIndex].next;
    cursorSpace[os].next = availableNext;

    // this to indicate an end of the list , helpful at testing since any err
    // would throw an outOfBoundException
    cursorSpace[availableNodeIndex].next = -1;

    return availableNodeIndex;
  }
}

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