On 6 July 2011 09:52, Jörg Schaible <[email protected]> wrote: > I can traverse now the set of keys to get this list when it is internally > implemented with a LinkedHashMap. Remember, one important element of a > contexted exception is a more informational and structured message. In the > list above I can see quite immediately where the problem is and in which way > the application flow failed. Any idea how we could improve the API to > support this with an implementation? Something like: > > List<Pair<String, Object>> getEntries();
This could be the main API with convenience methods for getFirstValue() and getValues(). You would store data internally in this format, not as a map. Lookups by key are then O(n) but that is unlikely to be a problem in exceptional code. Stephen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
