iOS Best Text/ID matching algorithm

[mahendraraut]

I am integrating/syncronising three different API's in one application

first API(1) will provide me the folder(folder(1)_id, folder(1)_name)
second API will provide folder(folder(1)name, parent_folder(1)__id)

I need to keep above in one table and need to compare with third API,
if that contains same folder name as existing folder(folder(1)_name) then keep them as it is and if there are no folders with same name then add it from 1st and 2nd API and vice a versa. there is no limitation on number of folders

I also need to keep track of all for future sync.

what will be optimal way to do this in (i-phone)objective-c?
I heard about the Hash-map, hash-table and Dictionary or I can simply use array for that, can anybody suggest easy/faster way to do this, any existing references? please.

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

NSDicationary and NSSet are implemented as hash tables and will give you a fast and convenient way to tell if a string is present in those containers.

I use NSDictionary all-day every day for a million different tasks. NSSet not as much. It will serve you well to learn how to use it.