nl.knowledgeplaza.util
Class AbstractMapEntry<K,V>

java.lang.Object
  nl.knowledgeplaza.util.AbstractMapEntry<K,V>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Map.Entry<K,V>

Direct Known Subclasses:

KeyValueMapEntry

public abstract class AbstractMapEntry<K,V>
extends Object
implements Map.Entry<K,V>

An AbstractMapEntry takes care of most of the grunge work involved in subclassing java.util.Map.Entry. For an immutable entry, you need only implement getKey() and getValue(). For a modifiable entry, you must also implement setValue(); the default implementation throws an UnsupportedOperationException.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

$Author: toeukpap $

Constructor Summary

AbstractMapEntry()

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o) Compares the specified object with this entry for equality.
abstract K	getKey() Returns the key corresponding to this entry.
abstract V	getValue() Returns the value corresponding to this entry.
int	hashCode() Returns the hash code value for this map entry.
V	setValue(V value) Replaces the value corresponding to this entry with the specified value (optional operation).
String	toString() Returns a human-readable representation of this map entry.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractMapEntry

public AbstractMapEntry()

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Compares the specified object with this entry for equality. Returns true if the given object is also a map entry and the two entries represent the same mapping.

Specified by:

equals in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getKey

public abstract K getKey()

Returns the key corresponding to this entry.

Specified by:

getKey in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

getValue

public abstract V getValue()

Returns the value corresponding to this entry. If the mapping has been removed from the backing map (by the iterator's remove() operation), the results of this call are undefined.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hash code value for this map entry.

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

setValue

public V setValue(V value)

Replaces the value corresponding to this entry with the specified value (optional operation). (Writes through to the map.) The behavior of this call is undefined if the mapping has already been removed from the map (by the iterator's remove() operation).

Specified by:

setValue in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Returns:

old value corresponding to entry.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a human-readable representation of this map entry.

Overrides:

toString in class Object