Also, can I call this method getInvertedMap?
Map<V,K> BidiHashMap<K,V>.getInvertedMap()
?
On 11/8/06, Arjuna Wijeyekoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
ok, since we can't use the commons-collections, let's make ValueMap
public.
I was going to call it ReverseHashMap,
but since BidiMap seems to be more popular (especially since
commons-collections has a BidiMap)
can I call this
BidiHashMap
?
On 10/27/06, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/27/06, Adam Winer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > While I've no problem with using commons-collections internally,
> > I'm very reluctant to consider exposing commons-collections
> > classes directly in a public API, since it mandates that
> > dependency eternally - and assumes that Commons Collections
> > won't just decide to change their API (which they have in the
> > past). So, -1 to using any commons collections class as
> > the return type of any public API.
>
> good point. In MyFaces we had fun with them in the past too :)
>
> > We might consider introducing:
> >
> > org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.util.BidiMap
> > {
> > Object getKey(Object value)
> > BidiMap inverseBidiMap()
> > Object removeValue(Object value)
> > }
> >
> > (modeled after their BidiMap), then as an internal
> > implementation detail use a subclass of
> > commons-collections' DualHashBidiMap that
> > implements our BidiMap. This eliminates the
> > public API dependency, but adds an implementation
> > dependency.
> >
> > I don't know, though, if it's worth adding the
> > dependency on commons-collections for this
> > one feature.
> >
> > -- Adam
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/27/06, Arjuna Wijeyekoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > underlying storage is HashMap.
> > >
> > > I just found the following in commons:
> > >
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/collections/apidocs/org/apache/commons/collections/bidimap/DualHashBidiMap.html
> > >
> > > I wonder if we should use that directly and remove the current ValueMap?
> > >
> > > --arjuna
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/25/06, Adam Winer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I guess both are useful; but what is the underlying storage?
> > > > If it's a HashMap, then this should be called something like
> > > > ReverseHashMap. (Or ReversibleHashMap?)
> > > >
> > > > -- Adam
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10/24/06, Arjuna Wijeyekoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I'd like to make
> > > > > org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.component.ValueMap
> > > > > a public utility class.
> > > > >
> > > > > This class maintains a mapping from key to value, and also from value
to
> > > > > key. It is useful to create
> > > > > ClientRowKeyManager implementations (See
> > > > > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ADFFACES-210).
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd like to call it
> > > > > org.apache.myfaces.trinidad.util.ReverseMap
> > > > >
> > > > > And I will cleanup the api so that the Map interface is fully
> > > > implemented
> > > > > (along with the remove operations).
> > > > >
> > > > > What do you think about making this class public?
> > > > > ??????
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > If we do make this public, which of the following apis is better?
> > > > > ReverseMap<K,V> map;
> > > > > V value;
> > > > > K key = map.getKey(value); // option 1
> > > > > or
> > > > > Map<V,K> valuemap = map.getReverseMap(); // option 2
> > > > > K Key = valuemap.get(value);
> > > > > ???
> > > > >
> > > > > or should we have both?
> > > > >
> > > > > --arjuna
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
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>
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