com.sleepycat.collections
Class MapEntryParameter<K,V>

java.lang.Object
  com.sleepycat.collections.MapEntryParameter<K,V>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Map.Entry<K,V>

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

A simple Map.Entry implementation that can be used as in input parameter. Since a MapEntryParameter is not obtained from a map, it is not attached to any map in particular. To emphasize that changing this object does not change the map, the setValue(V) method always throws UnsupportedOperationException.

Warning: Use of this interface violates the Java Collections interface contract since these state that Map.Entry objects should only be obtained from Map.entrySet() sets, while this class allows constructing them directly. However, it is useful for performing operations on an entry set such as add(), contains(), etc. For restrictions see getValue() and setValue(V).

Constructor Summary

MapEntryParameter(K key, V value)
Creates a map entry with a given key and value.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object other) Compares this entry to a given entry as specified by Map.Entry.equals(java.lang.Object).
K	getKey() Returns the key of this entry.
V	getValue() Returns the value of this entry.
int	hashCode() Computes a hash code as specified by Map.Entry.hashCode().
V	setValue(V newValue) Always throws UnsupportedOperationException since this object is not attached to a map.
String	toString() Converts the entry to a string representation for debugging.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MapEntryParameter

public MapEntryParameter(K key,
                         V value)

Creates a map entry with a given key and value.

Parameters:

key - is the key to use.

value - is the value to use.

Method Detail

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Computes a hash code as specified by Map.Entry.hashCode().

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the computed hash code.

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Compares this entry to a given entry as specified by Map.Entry.equals(java.lang.Object).

Specified by:

equals in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Returns:

the computed hash code.

getKey

public final K getKey()

Returns the key of this entry.

Specified by:

getKey in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Returns:

the key of this entry.

getValue

public final V getValue()

Returns the value of this entry. Note that this will be the value passed to the constructor or the last value passed to setValue(V). It will not reflect changes made to a Map.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Returns:

the value of this entry.

setValue

public V setValue(V newValue)

Always throws UnsupportedOperationException since this object is not attached to a map.

Specified by:

setValue in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

toString

public String toString()

Converts the entry to a string representation for debugging.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string representation.