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 ===== Assignment 2 =====
-TBA
+**Deadline: June 9th.**
+Write a **thread-safe
+[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_array|associative array (key-value map)]]**
+that offers the following operations:
+  * ''insert(k,v)'' - associates a key ''k'' with a value ''v''
+  * ''get(k)'' - if ''k'' is present in the array, returns the value associated with it; else indicates that there is no such key
+  * ''poll(k)'' - if ''k'' is present in the array, returns the value associated with it; \\ else waits until the key ''k'' is added and then returns a value associated with it
+  * ''count()'' - returns the number of items (key-value pairs)
+  * ''remove(…)'' - removes an item
+  * operations that allow iterating over all key-value pairs: ''first()'', ''next(…)'', ''last()'' (or equivalent) \\ The order in which the elements are traversed does not matter. \\ Notice that you need to make the iterating procedure thread-safe! \\
+You may extend the API of the associative array whenever needed.
+You may choose any type for key and value (e.g., ''int'').
+Moreover, write an application that tests the associative array by running the
+following operations in parallel:
+  * iterating through all key-value pairs
+  * adding a key-value pair and removing it
+  * adding a number of key-value pairs and then removing all of them
+  * getting values of randomly chosen keys
+  * polling for values of randomly chosen keys
+(You can run each of these operations in a loop, one thread per one loop.)
+<small>You may use ''valgrind --tool=drd //progname//'' and ''valgrind --tool=helgrind //progname//'' to test your program.</small>