Add Equator interface for more powerful collections
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Key: COLLECTIONS-242
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-242
Project: Commons Collections
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: Stephen Kestle
Java has Comparable and Comparator to compare objects, and objects have an
equals() method. But there is no interface for when an object has multiple
ways of being equal.
e.g.: an database object that has a name, code and a value. Equality could be
based on:
* database id
* code
* name and code
* case-insensitive name
When extended to collections, this allows us to search for specific
values (with an EqualsPredicate that takes an Equator), and implement
Maps and Sets that use specific equators to determine uniqueness.
I propose that it has two methods:
boolean equate();
int hash();
I shall upload some files when I next get some time.
NB: This ticket is a summary of [the email conversation begun on 5 Jan 2007:
"equator
interface"|http://archives.devshed.com/forums/java-118/equator-interface-2126195.html].
Stephen C made reference there to creating a FlexiMap, but in my mind, that's
additional to this issue (this interface still needs to be created to be able
to stand alone).
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