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package org.exolab.castor.mapping;
import java.util.Enumeration;
/**
* A Map handler for adding and retreiving key-value pairs from A map. A map handler is instantiated
* only once, must be thread safe and not use any synchronization.
*
* @author Keith Visco
* @version $Revision$ $Date: 2004-02-13 14:34:10 -0700 (Fri, 13 Feb 2004) $
*/
public interface MapHandler {
/**
* Creates a new Instance of the map represented by this MapHandler.
*
* @return the new map.
*/
public Object create();
/**
* Adds the given key-value pair to the map. Keys must be unique. Adding a key-value pair to the
* map, when an existing association for that key already exists will cause the existing
* association to be overwritten.
*
* The map is provided as a parameter and is returned as the return value if the returned map is a
* different object. That way the handler can create a new map if necessary.
*
* @param map the map, null if no map has been created yet.
* @param key the key for the object.
* @param object the object to add to the map.
* @return The map with the new object if a different instance than the map parameter,
* null otherwise
* @throws ClassCastException The MapHandler does not support maps of the given type.
*/
public Object put(Object map, Object key, Object object) throws ClassCastException;
/**
* Returns an enumeration of all the objects in the Map.
*
* @param map The map instance for which to return the enumeration of elements for.
* @return An enumeration of all the elements in the Map.
* @throws ClassCastException The MapHandler does not support collections of this type
*/
public Enumeration elements(Object map) throws ClassCastException;
/**
* Returns an enumeration of all the keys in the Map.
*
* @param map The map instance for which to return the enumeration of keys.
* @return An enumeration of all the keys in the Map.
* @throws ClassCastException The MapHandler does not support collections of this type
*/
public Enumeration keys(Object map) throws ClassCastException;
/**
* Returns the number of elements (key-value) in the map.
*
* @param map the map.
* @return Number of key-value associations in the Map
* @throws ClassCastException The MapHandler does not support collections of the given type.
*/
public int size(Object map) throws ClassCastException;
/**
* Clears the map of all key-value pairs.
*
* @param map the map to clear.
* @throws ClassCastException The MapHandler does not support collections of the given type.
*/
public void clear(Object map) throws ClassCastException;
/**
* Returns the object associated with the given key.
*
* @param map the map to return the object from.
* @param key the key for the object.
* @return the object associated with the given key, or null if no association was found in the
* given map.
* @throws ClassCastException The MapHandler does not support maps of the given type.
*/
public Object get(Object map, Object key) throws ClassCastException;
} // -- MapHandler