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It also implements the 030 * {@code Map.Entry} interface where the key is 'left' and the value is 'right'.</p> 031 * 032 * <p>Subclass implementations may be mutable or immutable. 033 * However, there is no restriction on the type of the stored objects that may be stored. 034 * If mutable objects are stored in the pair, then the pair itself effectively becomes mutable.</p> 035 * 036 * @param <L> the left element type 037 * @param <R> the right element type 038 * 039 * @since 3.0 040 */ 041public abstract class Pair<L, R> implements Map.Entry<L, R>, Comparable<Pair<L, R>>, Serializable { 042 043 /** Serialization version */ 044 private static final long serialVersionUID = 4954918890077093841L; 045 046 /** 047 * <p>Obtains an immutable pair of two objects inferring the generic types.</p> 048 * 049 * <p>This factory allows the pair to be created using inference to 050 * obtain the generic types.</p> 051 * 052 * @param <L> the left element type 053 * @param <R> the right element type 054 * @param left the left element, may be null 055 * @param right the right element, may be null 056 * @return a pair formed from the two parameters, not null 057 */ 058 public static <L, R> Pair<L, R> of(final L left, final R right) { 059 return new ImmutablePair<>(left, right); 060 } 061 062 //----------------------------------------------------------------------- 063 /** 064 * <p>Gets the left element from this pair.</p> 065 * 066 * <p>When treated as a key-value pair, this is the key.</p> 067 * 068 * @return the left element, may be null 069 */ 070 public abstract L getLeft(); 071 072 /** 073 * <p>Gets the right element from this pair.</p> 074 * 075 * <p>When treated as a key-value pair, this is the value.</p> 076 * 077 * @return the right element, may be null 078 */ 079 public abstract R getRight(); 080 081 /** 082 * <p>Gets the key from this pair.</p> 083 * 084 * <p>This method implements the {@code Map.Entry} interface returning the 085 * left element as the key.</p> 086 * 087 * @return the left element as the key, may be null 088 */ 089 @Override 090 public final L getKey() { 091 return getLeft(); 092 } 093 094 /** 095 * <p>Gets the value from this pair.</p> 096 * 097 * <p>This method implements the {@code Map.Entry} interface returning the 098 * right element as the value.</p> 099 * 100 * @return the right element as the value, may be null 101 */ 102 @Override 103 public R getValue() { 104 return getRight(); 105 } 106 107 //----------------------------------------------------------------------- 108 /** 109 * <p>Compares the pair based on the left element followed by the right element. 110 * The types must be {@code Comparable}.</p> 111 * 112 * @param other the other pair, not null 113 * @return negative if this is less, zero if equal, positive if greater 114 */ 115 @Override 116 public int compareTo(final Pair<L, R> other) { 117 return new CompareToBuilder().append(getLeft(), other.getLeft()) 118 .append(getRight(), other.getRight()).toComparison(); 119 } 120 121 /** 122 * <p>Compares this pair to another based on the two elements.</p> 123 * 124 * @param obj the object to compare to, null returns false 125 * @return true if the elements of the pair are equal 126 */ 127 @Override 128 public boolean equals(final Object obj) { 129 if (obj == this) { 130 return true; 131 } 132 if (obj instanceof Map.Entry<?, ?>) { 133 final Map.Entry<?, ?> other = (Map.Entry<?, ?>) obj; 134 return Objects.equals(getKey(), other.getKey()) 135 && Objects.equals(getValue(), other.getValue()); 136 } 137 return false; 138 } 139 140 /** 141 * <p>Returns a suitable hash code. 142 * The hash code follows the definition in {@code Map.Entry}.</p> 143 * 144 * @return the hash code 145 */ 146 @Override 147 public int hashCode() { 148 // see Map.Entry API specification 149 return (getKey() == null ? 0 : getKey().hashCode()) ^ 150 (getValue() == null ? 0 : getValue().hashCode()); 151 } 152 153 /** 154 * <p>Returns a String representation of this pair using the format {@code ($left,$right)}.</p> 155 * 156 * @return a string describing this object, not null 157 */ 158 @Override 159 public String toString() { 160 return "(" + getLeft() + ',' + getRight() + ')'; 161 } 162 163 /** 164 * <p>Formats the receiver using the given format.</p> 165 * 166 * <p>This uses {@link java.util.Formattable} to perform the formatting. Two variables may 167 * be used to embed the left and right elements. Use {@code %1$s} for the left 168 * element (key) and {@code %2$s} for the right element (value). 169 * The default format used by {@code toString()} is {@code (%1$s,%2$s)}.</p> 170 * 171 * @param format the format string, optionally containing {@code %1$s} and {@code %2$s}, not null 172 * @return the formatted string, not null 173 */ 174 public String toString(final String format) { 175 return String.format(format, getLeft(), getRight()); 176 } 177 178}