org.apache.commons.collections.map
Class PredicatedMap

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractMapDecorator
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        +--org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractInputCheckedMapDecorator
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              +--org.apache.commons.collections.map.PredicatedMap

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Map, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PredicatedSortedMap

public class PredicatedMap

extends org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractInputCheckedMapDecorator

implements java.io.Serializable

Decorates another Map to validate that additions match a specified predicate.

This map exists to provide validation for the decorated map. It is normally created to decorate an empty map. If an object cannot be added to the map, an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

One usage would be to ensure that no null keys are added to the map.

Map map = PredicatedSet.decorate(new HashMap(), NotNullPredicate.INSTANCE, null);

This class is Serializable from Commons Collections 3.1.

Since:

Commons Collections 3.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.14 $ $Date: 2004/06/07 22:14:42 $

Author:

Stephen Colebourne, Paul Jack

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

static java.util.Map	decorate(java.util.Map map, Predicate keyPredicate, Predicate valuePredicate) Factory method to create a predicated (validating) map.
java.util.Set	entrySet()
java.lang.Object	put(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object value)
void	putAll(java.util.Map mapToCopy)

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractMapDecorator

clear, containsKey, containsValue, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

decorate

public static java.util.Map decorate(java.util.Map map,
                                     Predicate keyPredicate,
                                     Predicate valuePredicate)

Factory method to create a predicated (validating) map.

If there are any elements already in the list being decorated, they are validated.

Parameters:

map - the map to decorate, must not be null

keyPredicate - the predicate to validate the keys, null means no check

valuePredicate - the predicate to validate to values, null means no check

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the map is null

put

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

Specified by:

put in interface java.util.Map

Overrides:

put in class AbstractMapDecorator

putAll

public void putAll(java.util.Map mapToCopy)

Specified by:

putAll in interface java.util.Map

Overrides:

putAll in class AbstractMapDecorator

entrySet

public java.util.Set entrySet()

Specified by:

entrySet in interface java.util.Map

Overrides:

entrySet in class AbstractMapDecorator