Package org.apache.commons.collections.keyvalue

Class AbstractKeyValue

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.collections.keyvalue.AbstractKeyValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

KeyValue

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractMapEntry, DefaultKeyValue

public abstract class AbstractKeyValue
extends java.lang.Object
implements KeyValue

Abstract pair class to assist with creating KeyValue and Map.Entry implementations.

Since:

Commons Collections 3.0

Version:

$Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 14:33:15 +0200 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $

Author:

James Strachan, Michael A. Smith, Neil O'Toole, Stephen Colebourne

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected java.lang.Object	key	The key
protected java.lang.Object	value	The value

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	AbstractKeyValue(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object value)	Constructs a new pair with the specified key and given value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.Object	getKey()	Gets the key from the pair.
java.lang.Object	getValue()	Gets the value from the pair.
java.lang.String	toString()	Gets a debugging String view of the pair.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

key

protected java.lang.Object key

The key

value

protected java.lang.Object value

The value

Constructor Detail

AbstractKeyValue

protected AbstractKeyValue(java.lang.Object key,
                           java.lang.Object value)

Constructs a new pair with the specified key and given value.

Parameters:

key - the key for the entry, may be null

value - the value for the entry, may be null

Method Detail

getKey

public java.lang.Object getKey()

Gets the key from the pair.

Specified by:

getKey in interface KeyValue

Returns:

the key

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

Gets the value from the pair.

Specified by:

getValue in interface KeyValue

Returns:

the value

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Gets a debugging String view of the pair.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String view of the entry