Homework 9: Pattern Matching 

Homework 9: Pattern Matching 
Important
There are general homework guidelines you must always follow. If you fail to follow any of the following
guidelines you risk receiving a 0 for the entire assignment.
1. All submitted code must compile under JDK 8. This includes unused code, so don’t submit extra
files that don’t compile. Any compile errors will result in a 0.
2. Do not include any package declarations in your classes.
3. Do not change any existing class headers, constructors, instance/global variables, or method signatures.
4. Do not add additional public methods.
5. Do not use anything that would trivialize the assignment. (e.g. don’t import/use java.util.ArrayList
for an Array List assignment. Ask if you are unsure.)
6. Always be very conscious of efficiency. Even if your method is to be O(n), traversing the structure
multiple times is considered inefficient unless that is absolutely required (and that case is extremely
rare).
7. You must submit your source code, the .java files, not the compiled .class files.
8. After you submit your files, redownload them and run them to make sure they are what you
intended to submit. You are responsible if you submit the wrong files.
Pattern Matching
For this assignment you will be coding 3 different pattern matching algorithms: Knuth-Morris-Pratt
(KMP), Boyer-Moore, and Rabin-Karp. For all three algorithms, you should find all occurrences of the
pattern in the text, not just the first match. There is information about all three algorithms in the
javadocs with additional implementation details below. If you implement any of the three algorithms in
an unexpected manner (i.e. contrary to what the Javadocs and PDF specify), you may receive a 0.
For all of the algorithms, make sure you check the simple failure cases as soon as possible. For example,
if the pattern is longer than the text, don’t do any preprocessing on the pattern/text.
CharacterComparator
CharacterComparator is a comparator that takes in two characters and compares them. This allows
you to see how many times you have called compare(). You must use this comparator as the number
of times you call compare() with it will be used when testing your assignment.
If you do not use the passed in comparator, this will cause tests to fail and will significantly lower your
grade on this assignment.
You must implement the algorithms as they were taught in class. We are expecting exact
comparison counts for this homework. If you are getting fewer comparison counts than expected, it
means one of two things, either you implemented the algorithm wrong (most likely) or you are using an
optimization not taught in the class (unlikely).
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Knuth-Morris-Pratt
Failure Table
The Knuth-Morris-Pratt (KMP) algorithm relies on using the prefix of the pattern to determine how
much to shift the pattern by. The algorithm itself uses what is known as the failure table (also called
failure function). Each index of the failure table should be the length of the longest proper prefix in the
sub-pattern that matches a proper suffix in the same sub-pattern. There are different ways of calculating
the failure table, but we are expecting one specific format described below.
For any string pattern, have a pointer i starting at the first letter, a pointer j starting at the second
letter, and an array called table that is the length of the pattern. First, set index 0 of table to 0. Then,
while j is still a valid index within pattern:
• If the characters pointed to by i and j match, then write i + 1 to index j of the table and
increment i and j.
• If the characters pointed to by i and j do not match:
– If i is not at 0, then change i to table[i - 1]. Do not increment j or write any value to
the table.
– If i is at 0, then write i to index j of the table. Increment only j.
For example, for the string abacab, the failure table will be:
a b a c a b
0 0 1 0 1 2
For the string ababac, the failure table will be:
a b a b a c
0 0 1 2 3 0
For the string abaababa, the failure table will be:
a b a a b a b a
0 0 1 1 2 3 2 3
For the string aaaaaa, the failure table will be:
a a a a a a
0 1 2 3 4 5
Searching Algorithm
For the main searching algorithm, the search acts like a standard brute-force search for the most part,
but in the case of a mismatch:
• If the mismatch occurs at index 0 of the pattern, then shift the pattern by 1.
• If the mismatch occurs at index j of the pattern and index i of the text, then shift the pattern
such that index failure[j-1] of the pattern lines up with index i of the text, where failure is
the failure table. Then, continue the comparisons at index i of the text (or index failure[j-1]
of the pattern). Do not restart at index 0 of the pattern.
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In addition, if the whole pattern is ever matched, instead of shifting the pattern over by 1 to continue searching for more matches, the pattern should be shifted over by failure[j-1], where j is at
pattern.length. KMP treats a match as a “mismatch” on the character immediately following the match.
Boyer-Moore
Last Table
The Boyer-Moore algorithm, similar to KMP, relies on preprocessing the pattern. Before actual searching,
the algorithm generates a last table. The table allows the algorithm to skip sections of the text, resulting
in more efficient string searching. The last table should be a mapping from each character in the alphabet
(the set of all characters that maybe in the pattern or the text) to the last index the character appears
in the pattern. If the character is not in the pattern, then -1 is used as the value.
Searching Algorithm
Key properties of Boyer-Moore include matching characters starting at the end of the pattern, rather
than the beginning and skipping along the text in jumps of multiple characters rather than searching
every single character in the text.
The shifting rule considers the character in the text which the comparison process failed (assuming that
a failure occurred). If the last occurrence of that character is to the left in the pattern, shift so that
the pattern occurrence becomes in line with the mismatched text occurrence. If the last occurrence of
the mismatched character does not occur to the left in the pattern, shift the pattern down by one. In
addition, if the mismatched character does not exist in the pattern at all (no value in last table) then
pattern shifts completely past this point in the text.
Rabin-Karp
The Rabin-Karp algorithm relies on hashing to perform pattern matching. This algorithm, instead of
using a sophisticated shift / skip through the text, uses a hash function to compare the given pattern
with substrings of the text. This hash function converts strings to integer values. This algorithm exploits
the fact that if two strings are equal, their hash values must also be equal. Rabin-Karp uses hashing
to minimize comparisons between the pattern and the text. The algorithm essentially reduces down
to computing the hash value of the pattern and then looking for substrings of the text with that hash
value. Once a substring of the text with that hash value is found, character by character comparisons
are required to ensure equality (as two strings with the same hash may not actually be equal).
Note: You must use the exact hash function specified in the javadocs.
Grading
Here is the grading breakdown for the assignment. There are various deductions not listed that are
incurred when breaking the rules listed in this PDF, and in other various circumstances.
Methods:
kmp 15pts
buildFailureTable 10pts
boyerMoore 15pts
buildLastTable 10pts
rabinKarp 25pts
Other:
Checkstyle 10pts
Efficiency 15pts
Total: 100pts
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A note on JUnits
We have provided a very basic set of tests for your code in PatternMatchingStudentTests.java.
These tests do not guarantee the correctness of your code (by any measure), nor does it guarantee you
any grade. You may additionally post your own set of tests for others to use on the Georgia Tech GitHub
as a gist. Do NOT post your tests on the public GitHub. There will be a link to the Georgia Tech
GitHub as well as a list of JUnits other students have posted on the class Piazza.
If you need help on running JUnits, there is a guide, available on Canvas under Files, to help you
run JUnits on the command line or in IntelliJ.
Style and Formatting
It is important that your code is not only functional but is also written clearly and with good style. We
will be checking your code against a style checker that we are providing. It is located on Canvas, under
Files, along with instructions on how to use it. We will take off a point for every style error that occurs.
If you feel like what you wrote is in accordance with good style but still sets off the style checker please
email Tim Aveni (tja@gatech.edu) with the subject header of “[CS 1332] CheckStyle XML”.
Javadocs
Javadoc any helper methods you create in a style similar to the existing Javadocs. If a method is
overridden or implemented from a superclass or an interface, you may use @Override instead of writing
Javadocs. Any Javadocs you write must be useful and describe the contract, parameters, and return
value of the method; random or useless javadocs added only to appease Checkstyle will lose points.
Vulgar/Obscene Language
Any submission that contains profanity, vulgar, or obscene language will receive an automatic zero on
the assignment. This policy applies not only to comments/javadocs but also things like variable names.
Exceptions
When throwing exceptions, you must include a message by passing in a String as a parameter. The message must be useful and tell the user what went wrong. “Error”, “BAD THING HAPPENED”,
and “fail” are not good messages. The name of the exception itself is not a good message.
For example:
Bad: throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Index is out of bounds.");
Good: throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot insert null data into data structure.");
Generics
If available, use the generic type of the class; do not use the raw type of the class. For example, use new
LinkedNode<Integer() instead of new LinkedNode(). Using the raw type of the class will result in a
penalty.
Forbidden Statements
You may not use these in your code at any time in CS 1332.
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• package
• System.arraycopy()
• clone()
• assert()
• Arrays class
• Array class
• Thread class
• Collections class
• Collection.toArray()
• Reflection APIs
• Inner or nested classes
• Lambda Expressions
• Method References (using the :: operator to obtain a reference to a method)
• Math.pow() (for this homework only)
If you’re not sure on whether you can use something, and it’s not mentioned here or anywhere else in
the homework files, just ask.
Debug print statements are fine, but nothing should be printed when we run your code. We expect
clean runs - printing to the console when we’re grading will result in a penalty. If you submit these, we
will take off points.
Provided
The following file(s) have been provided to you. There are several, but you will edit only one of them.
1. PatternMatching.java
This is the class in which you will implement the different pattern matching algorithms. Feel free
to add private static helper methods but do not add any new public methods, new classes,
instance variables, or static variables.
2. PatternMatchingStudentTests.java
This is the test class that contains a set of tests covering the basic operations on the PatternMatching
class. It is not intended to be exhaustive and does not guarantee any type of grade. Write your
own tests to ensure you cover all edge cases.
3. CharacterComparator.java
This is a comparator that will be used to count the number of comparisons used. You must use
this comparator. Do not modify this file.
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Deliverables
You must submit all of the following file(s). Please make sure the filename matches the filename(s)
below, and that only the following file(s) are present. If you make resubmit, make sure only one copy of
the file is present in the submission.
After submitting, double check to make sure it has been submitted on Canvas and then download your
uploaded files to a new folder, copy over the support files, recompile, and run. It is your responsibility
to re-test your submission and discover editing oddities, upload issues, etc.
1. PatternMatching.java
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