I messed up the example. It should read:
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//Example
FancyMap fm = new FancyMap();
Collection col1 = new ArrayList();
col1.add("jimmy");
col1.add("was");
col1.add("here");
Collection col2 = new ArrayList();
col2.add("gonzo's");
col2.add("big"):
col2.add("nose");
fm.put("key1", col1);
fm.put("key2", col2);
boolean wordFound = fm.anyCollectionContains("jimmy");
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An implementation I quickly made as an inner class is:
private class CollectionMap extends HashMap {
public CollectionMap() {
super();
}
public boolean anyCollectionContains(Object o1) {
boolean objectFound = false;
Collection values = this.values();
Iterator iter = values.iterator();
while (iter.hasNext()) {
Collection value = (Collection) iter.next();
if (value.contains(o1)) {
objectFound = true;
break;
}
}
return objectFound;
}
}
I was simply hoping to find something as part of a popular library,
preferably ant or commons related.
James Lee Carpenter
Software Engineer
Household Technical Services
6602 Convoy Court
San Diego, CA 92111
ph: 858-609-2461
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Subject: Looking
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09/13/2002 03:14 PM at map level
Please respond to
"Ant Developers List"
I am looking for a Map implementation that assumes its values are
Collection objects.
The only extra functionality I am looking for above and beyond the Map
interface is for the Map to have a contains method that returns a boolean
indicating whether any of the collections within the map contains the
argument of the contains method.
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//Example
FancyMap fm = new FancyMap();
Collection col1 = new ArrayList();
col1.add("jimmy");
col1.add("was");
col1.add("here");
Collection col2 = new ArrayList();
col2.add("gonzo's");
col2.add("big"):
col2.add("nose");
fm.add(col1);
fm.add(col2);
boolean wordFound = fm.contains("jimmy");
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James Lee Carpenter
Software Engineer
Household Technical Services
6602 Convoy Court
San Diego, CA 92111
ph: 858-609-2461
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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