de.intarsys.tools.collection
Class MapTools

java.lang.Object
  de.intarsys.tools.collection.MapTools

public class MapTools
extends Object

A tool class for Map extensions.

Field Summary

static String

SEPARATOR

Method Summary

static Map<Object,Object>	defineEntries(Map<Object,Object> map, List<String> declarations) Define new entries in map from all declaration strings in declarations.
static Map	defineEntry(Map map, String declaration) Define a new entry in the map from definition.
static Object	get(Map map, Object key, Object defaultValue)
static String	get(Map map, Object key, String defaultValue)
static void	toMapDeep(Map<Object,Object> map, String prefix, Map<String,Object> result)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SEPARATOR

public static final String SEPARATOR

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

defineEntries

public static Map<Object,Object> defineEntries(Map<Object,Object> map,
                                               List<String> declarations)

Define new entries in map from all declaration strings in declarations. For every string in the collection, defineEntry(Map, String) is called.

Parameters:

map - The map to receive the new declarations

declarations - A collection of declaration strings.

Returns:

The parameter map

defineEntry

public static Map defineEntry(Map map,
                              String declaration)

Define a new entry in the map from definition. definition contains a string in the form "key=value". A entry is defined in the map with "key" as the entries key and the trimmed "value" as its value. If no "=" is available, the value will be an empty string.

Parameters:

map - The map where we will put the key/value pair.

declaration - The string representation of the key/value pair.

Returns:

The parameter map

get

public static Object get(Map map,
                         Object key,
                         Object defaultValue)

get

public static String get(Map map,
                         Object key,
                         String defaultValue)

toMapDeep

public static void toMapDeep(Map<Object,Object> map,
                             String prefix,
                             Map<String,Object> result)