jpaul.DataStructs
Class MapFactory<K,V>

java.lang.Object
  jpaul.DataStructs.MapFactory<K,V>

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Factory<java.util.Map<K,V>>

Direct Known Subclasses:

MapFacts.HashMapFactory, MapFacts.TreeMapFactory

public abstract class MapFactory<K,V>
extends java.lang.Object
implements Factory<java.util.Map<K,V>>, java.io.Serializable

MapFactory is a map-specific instance of the factory pattern. Various map factories are available in the class MapFacts.

Version:

$Id: MapFactory.java,v 1.8 2006/02/15 16:04:18 adam_kiezun Exp $

Author:

Alexandru Salcianu - salcianu@alum.mit.edu

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

MapFactory()

Method Summary

abstract java.util.Map<K,V>	create() Create a new object of class T.
java.util.Map<K,V>	create(java.util.Map<K,V> m) Default implementation: uses create() to create an empty map, and next adds each entry from m to the newly-created map.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MapFactory

public MapFactory()

Method Detail

create

public abstract java.util.Map<K,V> create()

Description copied from interface: Factory

Create a new object of class T. Corresponds to a default constructor.

Specified by:

create in interface Factory<java.util.Map<K,V>>

create

public java.util.Map<K,V> create(java.util.Map<K,V> m)

Default implementation: uses create() to create an empty map, and next adds each entry from m to the newly-created map.

Specified by:

create in interface Factory<java.util.Map<K,V>>

See Also:

Factory.create(Object)