Class AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<K,V>

java.lang.Object

java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - the type of key

V - the type of the value

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Map.Entry<K,V>

Enclosing class:

AbstractMap<K,V>

public static class AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<K,V>
extends Object
implements Map.Entry<K,V>, Serializable

An Entry maintaining a key and a value. The value may be changed using the setValue method. Instances of this class are not associated with any map nor with any map's entry-set view.

API Note:

This class facilitates the process of building custom map implementations. For example, it may be convenient to return arrays of SimpleEntry instances in method Map.entrySet().toArray.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SimpleEntry(Map.Entry<? extends K, ? extends V> entry)	Creates an entry representing the same mapping as the specified entry.
SimpleEntry(K key, V value)	Creates an entry representing a mapping from the specified key to the specified value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object o)	Compares the specified object with this entry for equality.
K	getKey()	Returns the key corresponding to this entry.
V	getValue()	Returns the value corresponding to this entry.
int	hashCode()	Returns the hash code value for this map entry.
V	setValue(V value)	Replaces the value corresponding to this entry with the specified value.
String	toString()	Returns a String representation of this map entry.

Methods declared in class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected Object	clone()	Answers a new instance of the same class as the receiver, whose slots have been filled in with the values in the slots of the receiver.
protected void	finalize()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. May cause performance issues, deadlocks and hangs.
final Class<? extends Object>	getClass()	Answers the unique instance of java.lang.Class which represents the class of the receiver.
final void	notify()	Causes one thread which is waiting on the receiver to be made ready to run.
final void	notifyAll()	Causes all threads which are waiting on the receiver to be made ready to run.
final void	wait()	Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by notify or notifyAll).
final void	wait(long time)	Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by notify or notifyAll) or the expiration of the timeout.
final void	wait(long time, int frac)	Causes the thread which sent this message to be made not ready to run either pending some change in the receiver (as indicated by notify or notifyAll) or the expiration of the timeout.

Constructor Details

SimpleEntry

public SimpleEntry(K key,
 V value)

Creates an entry representing a mapping from the specified key to the specified value.

Parameters:

key - the key represented by this entry

value - the value represented by this entry

SimpleEntry

public SimpleEntry(Map.Entry<? extends K, ? extends V> entry)

Creates an entry representing the same mapping as the specified entry.

Parameters:

entry - the entry to copy

Method Details

getKey

public K getKey()

Returns the key corresponding to this entry.

Specified by:

getKey in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Returns:

the key corresponding to this entry

getValue

public V getValue()

Returns the value corresponding to this entry.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Returns:

the value corresponding to this entry

setValue

public V setValue(V value)

Replaces the value corresponding to this entry with the specified value.

Specified by:

setValue in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Parameters:

value - new value to be stored in this entry

Returns:

the old value corresponding to the entry

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Compares the specified object with this entry for equality. Returns true if the given object is also a map entry and the two entries represent the same mapping. More formally, two entries e1 and e2 represent the same mapping if

  (e1.getKey()==null ?
   e2.getKey()==null :
   e1.getKey().equals(e2.getKey()))
  &&
  (e1.getValue()==null ?
   e2.getValue()==null :
   e1.getValue().equals(e2.getValue()))

This ensures that the equals method works properly across different implementations of the Map.Entry interface.

Specified by:

equals in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

o - object to be compared for equality with this map entry

Returns:

true if the specified object is equal to this map entry

See Also:

• hashCode()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hash code value for this map entry. The hash code of a map entry e is defined to be:

  (e.getKey()==null   ? 0 : e.getKey().hashCode()) ^
  (e.getValue()==null ? 0 : e.getValue().hashCode())

This ensures that e1.equals(e2) implies that e1.hashCode()==e2.hashCode() for any two Entries e1 and e2, as required by the general contract of Object.hashCode().

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Map.Entry<K,V>

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the hash code value for this map entry

See Also:

• equals(Object)

toString

public String toString()

Returns a String representation of this map entry. This implementation returns the string representation of this entry's key followed by the equals character ("=") followed by the string representation of this entry's value.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a String representation of this map entry