net.walend.lyophil.collection
Interface MapToFreezables

All Superinterfaces:

HasState, Map

All Known Subinterfaces:

MutableMapToFreezables

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFreezerHashMap, AbstractHashMapToFreezables, MutableFreezerHashMap, MutableHashMapToFreezables

public interface MapToFreezables

extends Map

This Map maps any Object as a key to a Freezable. This interface adds methods to the Map interface for working with identifiers.

The valueIterator() method returns a FreezableIterator.

Since:

20010713

Author:

David Walend

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.walend.collection.Map

EMPTY

Method Summary

boolean	containsIdentifier(java.io.Serializable identifier) Returns true if one of the keys in the map is associated with identifier.
Collection	getdentifiers() Returns a collection of all the identifiers.
java.io.Serializable	getIdentifier(java.lang.Object key) Returns the idetnifier associated with key, or null if no identifier is associated with the key.
java.util.Iterator	identifierIterator() Returns an iterator over the identifiers.
Map	keysToIdentifiers() Creates a new Map which maps the keys to their identifiers.
FreezableIterator	valueFreezableIterator() Returns a FreezableIterator over the values so that you can work with both identifiers and Freezables.

Methods inherited from interface net.walend.collection.Map

containsAll, containsKey, containsValue, get, getIdentitor, getJavaMap, getKeys, getValues, isEmpty, keyIterator, sameContentsAs, size, valueIterator

Methods inherited from interface net.walend.collection.HasState

getPrincipleInterface, sameStateAs

Method Detail

containsIdentifier

public boolean containsIdentifier(java.io.Serializable identifier)

Returns true if one of the keys in the map is associated with identifier.

getIdentifier

public java.io.Serializable getIdentifier(java.lang.Object key)

Returns the idetnifier associated with key, or null if no identifier is associated with the key.

getdentifiers

public Collection getdentifiers()

Returns a collection of all the identifiers.

identifierIterator

public java.util.Iterator identifierIterator()

Returns an iterator over the identifiers.

keysToIdentifiers

public Map keysToIdentifiers()

Creates a new Map which maps the keys to their identifiers.

valueFreezableIterator

public FreezableIterator valueFreezableIterator()

Returns a FreezableIterator over the values so that you can work with both identifiers and Freezables.