swarm.collections
Class MapImpl

java.lang.Object
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  +--swarm.BaseImpl
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        +--swarm.collections.MapImpl

public class MapImpl
extends BaseImpl
implements KeyedCollection, KeyedCollectionS, CompareFunction, CompareFunctionS, Serialization, SerializationS, MapS, Map

Collection of associations from key objects to member objects.. Map is a subtype of KeyedCollection in which the key value associated with each member is independent of the member itself. Whenever a new member is added to the collection, a key value to be associated with the member must be supplied also. A Map defines a mapping from key values to member values. For the Map type, key values are independent of the member values with which they are associated. Map defines two additional options to document information about its key values. Map also defines its own messages to distinguish the key value from member value in any operation which involves both.


Constructor Summary
MapImpl()
           
MapImpl(Zone aZone)
          The create: message creates a new instance of a type with default options.
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.collections.KeyedCollection
at, containsKey, createIndex$fromMember, removeKey
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.Serialization
hdf5OutDeep, hdf5OutShallow, lispOutDeep, lispOutShallow, lispOutVars$deep, lispSaveStream$Boolean$Value, lispSaveStream$Char$Value, lispSaveStream$Double$Value, lispSaveStream$Float$Value, lispSaveStream$Integer$Value, lispSaveStream$Long$Value, lispSaveStream$LongLong$Value, lispSaveStream$Short$Value, lispSaveStream$Unsigned$Value, lispSaveStream$UnsignedLong$Value, lispSaveStream$UnsignedLongLong$Value, lispSaveStream$UnsignedShort$Value, updateArchiver
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.SerializationS
hdf5In, lispIn
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.collections.Map
at$insert, at$replace, mapBegin
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.collections.Collection
allSameClass, begin, beginPermuted, contains, copy, deleteAll, getCount, getReplaceOnly, remove, removeAll
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.collections.ForEachKey
forEachKey, forEachKey, forEachKey, forEachKey
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.Copy
copy
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.Drop
drop
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.collections.Offsets
atOffset, atOffset$put, getFirst, getLast
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.collections.ForEach
describeForEach, describeForEachID, forEach, forEach, forEach, forEach
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.DefinedObject
compare, describe, describeID, getDisplayName, getTypeName, getZone, perform, perform$with, perform$with$with, perform$with$with$with, respondsTo, setDisplayName, xfprint, xfprintid, xprint, xprintid
 
Methods implemented by this class for interface swarm.defobj.GetName
getName
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

MapImpl

public MapImpl()

MapImpl

public MapImpl(Zone aZone)
The create: message creates a new instance of a type with default options. The zone argument specifies the source of storage for the new object. The receiving object of this message is a previously defined type object. The message is declared as a class message (with a + declaration tag) to indicate that the message is accepted only by the type object itself rather than an already created instance of the type (which a - declaration tag otherwise defines). The create: message returns the new object just created. This object is an instance of some class selected to implement the type. The class which a type selects to implement an object may be obtained by the getClass message, but is not otherwise visible to the calling program. A caller never refers to any class name when creating objects using these messages, only to type names, which are automatically published as global constants from any @protocol declaration.