es.rediris.papi.filter
Class StringListHashMap

java.lang.Object
  es.rediris.papi.filter.StringListHashMap

public class StringListHashMap
extends Object

StringListHashMap has the similar behavior than a HashMaps, but the objects stores are multivaluable strings. This class manages the posibility of more than one value for a key and stores the value in a list of string

Author:

arcturus 06/08/2007

Constructor Summary

StringListHashMap()
Constructor, creates a new instance of this object and initialices the hasmap

Method Summary

boolean	containsKey(String key) Wrapper function for the containsKey method in the HashMap
String[]	get(String key)
Object	put(String key, String value) Store a pair key,value.
Object	put(String key, String[] values)
int	size() Return the size of keys stored

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StringListHashMap

public StringListHashMap()

Constructor, creates a new instance of this object and initialices the hasmap

Method Detail

get

public String[] get(String key)

Parameters:

key - The identifier

Returns:

Array of Strings with the values for the specific key or null if the ke is not inside the map

put

public Object put(String key,
                  String value)

Store a pair key,value. If there is values for that key this new value is added to the this. If the key does not exist the value stored is a list whit an unique element.

Parameters:

key - The key identifier

value - The string value to store

Returns:

The result of inserting the list of string values

put

public Object put(String key,
                  String[] values)

containsKey

public boolean containsKey(String key)

Wrapper function for the containsKey method in the HashMap

Parameters:

key - The identifier

Returns:

Boolean, true if that key exists, false otherwise

size

public int size()

Return the size of keys stored

Returns:

int number of keys stored