net.cscott.jutil
Class MultiMapFactory<K,V>

java.lang.Object
  net.cscott.jutil.MapFactory<K,V>
      net.cscott.jutil.MultiMapFactory<K,V>

Direct Known Subclasses:

GenericMultiMapFactory, PersistentMultiMapFactory

public abstract class MultiMapFactory<K,V>
extends MapFactory<K,V>

MultiMapFactory is a MultiMap generator. Subclasses should implement constructions of specific types of MultiMaps. Subclasses *must* implement at least one of the makeMultiMap methods.

Version:

$Id: MultiMapFactory.java,v 1.5 2006-10-30 19:58:06 cananian Exp $

Author:

C. Scott Ananian

Constructor Summary

MultiMapFactory()
Creates a MultiMapFactory.

Method Summary

MultiMap<K,V>	makeMap() Generates a new, mutable, empty Map.
MultiMap<K,V>	makeMap(Map<? extends K,? extends V> map) Generates a new Map, using the entries of map as a template for its initial mappings.
MultiMap<K,V>	makeMultiMap() Create a new, empty, MultiMap.
MultiMap<K,V>	makeMultiMap(MultiMap<? extends K,? extends V> map) Creates a new MultiMap initialized with all of the Map.Entrys in map

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MultiMapFactory

public MultiMapFactory()

Creates a MultiMapFactory.

Method Detail

makeMap

public final MultiMap<K,V> makeMap()

Description copied from class: MapFactory

Generates a new, mutable, empty Map.

Overrides:

makeMap in class MapFactory<K,V>

makeMap

public final MultiMap<K,V> makeMap(Map<? extends K,? extends V> map)

Description copied from class: MapFactory

Generates a new Map, using the entries of map as a template for its initial mappings.

Specified by:

makeMap in class MapFactory<K,V>

makeMultiMap

public MultiMap<K,V> makeMultiMap()

Create a new, empty, MultiMap.

makeMultiMap

public MultiMap<K,V> makeMultiMap(MultiMap<? extends K,? extends V> map)

Creates a new MultiMap initialized with all of the Map.Entrys in map