fwiw, this approach would be nicer... I frequently use ArrayUtils.toMap
to set maps with different key and value types statically from data.
-sujit
On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 18:44 -0400, James Carman wrote:
> For instance, this would work:
>
> Map<String, Color> map = toMap(new Object[][] {
> {"red", Color.red},
> {"black", Color.black}
> });
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:41 PM, James Carman <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > What if we change it to:
> >
> > public static <K,V> Map<K, V> toMap(Object[] array)
> >
> > Then, you can use type inference so you don't have to do any casting!
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Shekhar Gulati
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I have started playing with latest beta release of Commons-Lang 3.0 and I
> >> have question on usage of generics in Commons-lang
> >>
> >> For example, there is a method called toMap in ArrayUtils which could have
> >> been easily generified but isn't
> >>
> >> In Commons-Lang 3.0
> >>
> >> public static Map<Object, Object> toMap(Object[] array) {
> >> if (array == null) {
> >> return null;
> >> }
> >> final Map<Object, Object> map = new HashMap<Object, Object>((int)
> >> (array.length * 1.5));
> >> for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
> >> Object object = array[i];
> >> if (object instanceof Map.Entry<?, ?>) {
> >> Map.Entry<?,?> entry = (Map.Entry<?,?>) object;
> >> map.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
> >> } else if (object instanceof Object[]) {
> >> Object[] entry = (Object[]) object;
> >> if (entry.length < 2) {
> >> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array element " + i
> >> + ", '"
> >> + object
> >> + "', has a length less than 2");
> >> }
> >> map.put(entry[0], entry[1]);
> >> } else {
> >> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array element " + i + ",
> >> '"
> >> + object
> >> + "', is neither of type Map.Entry nor an Array");
> >> }
> >> }
> >> return map;
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Fully Generified version of toMap method
> >>
> >> public static <T> Map<T, T> toMap(T[][] array) {
> >> if (array == null) {
> >> return null;
> >> }
> >> final Map<T, T> map = new HashMap<T, T>((int) (array.length * 1.5));
> >> for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
> >> T[] t = array[i];
> >> if (t[i] instanceof Map.Entry) {
> >> @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
> >> Map.Entry<T, T> entry = (Map.Entry<T, T>) t[i];
> >> map.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
> >> } else if (t instanceof Object[]) {
> >> T[] entry = t;
> >> if (entry.length < 2) {
> >> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array element " + i
> >> + ", '" + t + "', has a length less than 2");
> >> }
> >> map.put(entry[0], entry[1]);
> >> } else {
> >> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array element " + i + ", '"
> >> + t + "', is neither of type Map.Entry nor an Array");
> >> }
> >> }
> >> return map;
> >> }
> >>
> >> I just thought to ask the Commons-Lang team.. Are there any reason why some
> >> methods are not generified?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Thanks
> >> Shekhar
> >> 09873937317
> >>
> >
>
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