com.rubecula.util
Class AlphabeticalMap

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractMap
      java.util.HashMap
          com.rubecula.util.StringMap
              com.rubecula.util.AlphabeticalMap

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AttrMap

public class AlphabeticalMap

extends StringMap

Class to define an alphabetical map, that is to say a Map where the keys are case-insensitive Strings and where the values are Strings.

Since:

V_0_3

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Robin Hillyard

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class java.util.HashMap

Nested classes inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.HashMap

Fields inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

Constructor Summary

AlphabeticalMap()
Construct an empty AlphabeticalMap

Method Summary

boolean	contains(java.lang.String key) Method to determine if this map contains entry for key (key is case-insensitive).
java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.String key) Method to get the entry for key (key is case-insensitive).
AlphabeticalMap	merge(AlphabeticalMap other) Method to merge this AttrMap with other such that the attributes in this take precedence.
java.lang.Object	put(java.lang.String key, java.lang.String value) Method to add an entry to the map.
java.lang.String	toString() Yield a string representation of this MapUtils.

Methods inherited from class com.rubecula.util.StringMap

get, put, put

Methods inherited from class java.util.HashMap

clear, clone, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, isEmpty, keySet, putAll, remove, size, values

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

equals, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

equals, hashCode

Constructor Detail

AlphabeticalMap

public AlphabeticalMap()

Construct an empty AlphabeticalMap

See Also:

HashMap.HashMap()

Method Detail

get

public java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String key)

Method to get the entry for key (key is case-insensitive).

Overrides:

get in class StringMap

Parameters:

key - the key to the entry being sought.

Returns:

true if map contains the attribute defined by key.

See Also:

Map.get(java.lang.Object)

contains

public boolean contains(java.lang.String key)

Method to determine if this map contains entry for key (key is case-insensitive).

Parameters:

key - the attribute being sought.

Returns:

true if map contains the attribute defined by key.

put

public java.lang.Object put(java.lang.String key,
                            java.lang.String value)

Method to add an entry to the map.

Note that this method has to be declared thus (not with key as a String) if it is to be called in place of the superclass method. Polymorphism seems to work that way.

Parameters:

key - the key (a String) to the entry being added (key is case-insensitive).

value - either null (for the default) or the entry's value as a String.

Returns:

true if map contains the entry defined by key.

merge

public AlphabeticalMap merge(AlphabeticalMap other)

Method to merge this AttrMap with other such that the attributes in this take precedence.

Parameters:

other - the subservient attribute map to be merge into this.

Returns:

the merged attribute map.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Yield a string representation of this MapUtils.

Returns:

a String in the form: {attribute,attribute,...,attribute} where attribute is of form: name[=value] (where the [=value] is optional).