public class

LinkedMap

extends AbstractLinkedMap
implements Serializable Cloneable
java.lang.Object
   ↳ java.util.AbstractMap<K, V>
     ↳ org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractHashedMap
       ↳ org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractLinkedMap
         ↳ org.apache.commons.collections.map.LinkedMap

Class Overview

A Map implementation that maintains the order of the entries. In this implementation order is maintained by original insertion.

This implementation improves on the JDK1.4 LinkedHashMap by adding the MapIterator functionality, additional convenience methods and allowing bidirectional iteration. It also implements OrderedMap. In addition, non-interface methods are provided to access the map by index.

The orderedMapIterator() method provides direct access to a bidirectional iterator. The iterators from the other views can also be cast to OrderedIterator if required.

All the available iterators can be reset back to the start by casting to ResettableIterator and calling reset().

The implementation is also designed to be subclassed, with lots of useful methods exposed.

Note that LinkedMap is not synchronized and is not thread-safe. If you wish to use this map from multiple threads concurrently, you must use appropriate synchronization. The simplest approach is to wrap this map using synchronizedMap(Map). This class may throw exceptions when accessed by concurrent threads without synchronization.

Summary

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Inherited Constants
From class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractHashedMap
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Inherited Fields
From class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractLinkedMap
From class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractHashedMap
Public Constructors
LinkedMap()
Constructs a new empty map with default size and load factor.
LinkedMap(int initialCapacity)
Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity.
LinkedMap(int initialCapacity, float loadFactor)
Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity and load factor.
LinkedMap(Map map)
Constructor copying elements from another map.
Public Methods
List asList()
Gets an unmodifiable List view of the keys.
Object clone()
Clones the map without cloning the keys or values.
Object get(int index)
Gets the key at the specified index.
Object getValue(int index)
Gets the value at the specified index.
int indexOf(Object key)
Gets the index of the specified key.
Object remove(int index)
Removes the element at the specified index.
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Inherited Methods
From class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractLinkedMap
From class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractHashedMap
From class java.util.AbstractMap
From class java.lang.Object
From interface java.util.Map
From interface org.apache.commons.collections.IterableMap
From interface org.apache.commons.collections.OrderedMap

Public Constructors

public LinkedMap ()

Constructs a new empty map with default size and load factor.

public LinkedMap (int initialCapacity)

Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity.

Parameters
initialCapacity the initial capacity
Throws
IllegalArgumentException if the initial capacity is less than one

public LinkedMap (int initialCapacity, float loadFactor)

Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity and load factor.

Parameters
initialCapacity the initial capacity
loadFactor the load factor
Throws
IllegalArgumentException if the initial capacity is less than one
IllegalArgumentException if the load factor is less than zero

public LinkedMap (Map map)

Constructor copying elements from another map.

Parameters
map the map to copy
Throws
NullPointerException if the map is null

Public Methods

public List asList ()

Gets an unmodifiable List view of the keys.

The returned list is unmodifiable because changes to the values of the list (using set(Object)) will effectively remove the value from the list and reinsert that value at the end of the list, which is an unexpected side effect of changing the value of a list. This occurs because changing the key, changes when the mapping is added to the map and thus where it appears in the list.

An alternative to this method is to use keySet().

Returns
  • The ordered list of keys.
See Also

public Object clone ()

Clones the map without cloning the keys or values.

Returns
  • a shallow clone

public Object get (int index)

Gets the key at the specified index.

Parameters
index the index to retrieve
Returns
  • the key at the specified index
Throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid

public Object getValue (int index)

Gets the value at the specified index.

Parameters
index the index to retrieve
Returns
  • the key at the specified index
Throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid

public int indexOf (Object key)

Gets the index of the specified key.

Parameters
key the key to find the index of
Returns
  • the index, or -1 if not found

public Object remove (int index)

Removes the element at the specified index.

Parameters
index the index of the object to remove
Returns
  • the previous value corresponding the key, or null if none existed
Throws
IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is invalid