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Design a Constant Time Data Structure
Create a data structure that maintains mappings between keys and values, supporting the following operations in constant time:
1. INSERT(key, value): Add or update the integer value associated with a given string key. 2. DELETE(key): Remove the key and its associated value. 3. SEARCH(key): Check if the key exists in the data structure. Return true if it exists, otherwise false. 4. GET(key): Retrieve the value associated with the key. Return -1 if the key does not exist. 5. GET_SIZE(): Return the number of key-value pairs in the data structure. 6. IS_EMPTY(): Return true if the data structure contains no key-value pairs, otherwise return false.
Input:
The first line contains an integer 'N', representing the number of operations to be executed. The subsequent 'N' lines each correspond to one operation: For INSERT, a line contains: "1 key value" For DELETE, SEARCH, and GET, a line contains: "2 key", "3 key", or "4 key" For GET_SIZE and IS_EMPTY, a line contains only "5" or "6".
Output:
Return or display results based on operation type: Type 1: Do not return anything. Type 2: Do not return anything. Type 3: Return true or false. Type 4: Return the value, or -1 if not found. Type 5: Return the size of the data structure. Type 6: Return true if empty, otherwise false.
Example:
Input:
N = 6
1 apple 10
3 apple
4 apple
2 apple
4 apple
6
Output:
true
10
-1
true
Constraints:
- 1 <= N <= 10^5
- 1 <= T <= 3
- 1 <= V <= 10^5
- Time Limit: 3 sec
Note:
- Key is always a string value.
- Value is always a positive integer (not -1).

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