Add Immutable HashMap implementation (#7183)

* Add immutable HashMap implementation

* Add immutable HashMap implementation

* Applied clang-format

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Co-authored-by: Koushik Sai <nyamathabadkoushik@gmail.com>

src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/hashmap/hashing/ImmutableHashMap.java

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+package com.thealgorithms.datastructures.hashmap.hashing;
+
+/**
+ * Immutable HashMap implementation using separate chaining.
+ *
+ * <p>This HashMap does not allow modification of existing instances.
+ * Any update operation returns a new ImmutableHashMap.
+ *
+ * @param <K> key type
+ * @param <V> value type
+ */
+public final class ImmutableHashMap<K, V> {
+
+    private static final int DEFAULT_CAPACITY = 16;
+
+    private final Node<K, V>[] table;
+    private final int size;
+
+    /**
+     * Private constructor to enforce immutability.
+     */
+    private ImmutableHashMap(Node<K, V>[] table, int size) {
+        this.table = table;
+        this.size = size;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an empty ImmutableHashMap.
+     *
+     * @param <K> key type
+     * @param <V> value type
+     * @return empty ImmutableHashMap
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
+    public static <K, V> ImmutableHashMap<K, V> empty() {
+        Node<K, V>[] table = (Node<K, V>[]) new Node[DEFAULT_CAPACITY];
+        return new ImmutableHashMap<>(table, 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a new ImmutableHashMap with the given key-value pair added.
+     *
+     * @param key key to add
+     * @param value value to associate
+     * @return new ImmutableHashMap instance
+     */
+    public ImmutableHashMap<K, V> put(K key, V value) {
+        Node<K, V>[] newTable = table.clone();
+        int index = hash(key);
+
+        newTable[index] = new Node<>(key, value, newTable[index]);
+        return new ImmutableHashMap<>(newTable, size + 1);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the value associated with the given key.
+     *
+     * @param key key to search
+     * @return value if found, otherwise null
+     */
+    public V get(K key) {
+        int index = hash(key);
+        Node<K, V> current = table[index];
+
+        while (current != null) {
+            if ((key == null && current.key == null) || (key != null && key.equals(current.key))) {
+                return current.value;
+            }
+            current = current.next;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the given key exists in the map.
+     *
+     * @param key key to check
+     * @return true if key exists, false otherwise
+     */
+    public boolean containsKey(K key) {
+        return get(key) != null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the number of key-value pairs.
+     *
+     * @return size of the map
+     */
+    public int size() {
+        return size;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Computes hash index for a given key.
+     */
+    private int hash(K key) {
+        return key == null ? 0 : (key.hashCode() & Integer.MAX_VALUE) % table.length;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Node class for separate chaining.
+     */
+    private static final class Node<K, V> {
+
+        private final K key;
+        private final V value;
+        private final Node<K, V> next;
+
+        private Node(K key, V value, Node<K, V> next) {
+            this.key = key;
+            this.value = value;
+            this.next = next;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/datastructures/hashmap/hashing/ImmutableHashMapTest.java

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+package com.thealgorithms.datastructures.hashmap.hashing;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class ImmutableHashMapTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void testEmptyMap() {
+        ImmutableHashMap<String, Integer> map = ImmutableHashMap.<String, Integer>empty();
+
+        assertEquals(0, map.size());
+        assertNull(map.get("A"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testPutDoesNotModifyOriginalMap() {
+        ImmutableHashMap<String, Integer> map1 = ImmutableHashMap.<String, Integer>empty();
+
+        ImmutableHashMap<String, Integer> map2 = map1.put("A", 1);
+
+        assertEquals(0, map1.size());
+        assertEquals(1, map2.size());
+        assertNull(map1.get("A"));
+        assertEquals(1, map2.get("A"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testMultiplePuts() {
+        ImmutableHashMap<String, Integer> map = ImmutableHashMap.<String, Integer>empty().put("A", 1).put("B", 2);
+
+        assertEquals(2, map.size());
+        assertEquals(1, map.get("A"));
+        assertEquals(2, map.get("B"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testContainsKey() {
+        ImmutableHashMap<String, Integer> map = ImmutableHashMap.<String, Integer>empty().put("X", 100);
+
+        assertTrue(map.containsKey("X"));
+        assertFalse(map.containsKey("Y"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNullKey() {
+        ImmutableHashMap<String, Integer> map = ImmutableHashMap.<String, Integer>empty().put(null, 50);
+
+        assertEquals(50, map.get(null));
+    }
+}