Perfect! Thanks a lot! On Apr 9, 11:30 pm, Peter Becker <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you might be looking for something like this: > > http://google-collections.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/index.html... > > or this: > > http://commons.apache.org/collections/apidocs/org/apache/commons/coll... > > HTH, > Peter > > On 10/04/10 13:58, tachoknight wrote: > > > > > Hi all- > > > I have a situation where I have to create a dictionary of strings, but > > want to search on both the word and the definition, which in this case > > will also be just a single word (e.g. "hello" -> "bonjour"). Maps are > > the logical choice, I think, but I would end up having to create two, > > one for the English, and another for the French words because > > Map.get() only searches on the key. That's fine, and I suppose I could > > "double up" the keys, to have the french word list *and* the english > > word list as keys, with their counterpoints as variables, but this > > doesn't feel right and I think would probably be a worse solution, in > > the long run, than just having two maps. Of course, I don't want to > > maintain two maps with the same data, just reversed. > > > Is there a container type that allows for this sort of functionality? > > I've got to imagine that it exists and I haven't found it yet; this > > issue has got to come up frequently (or so I'd think). > > > Thanks for any info, > > > Tacho
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