I'm all for removing it. The last time I looked through that code I came to the same conclusion your questions infer. If I recall correctly, some of the actual Map interface methods won't even work correctly if used. Also, I believe the actual keys were just Strings, so concatenated Strings could even be used.
-Nathan > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Ellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 11:52 AM > To: harmony-dev > Subject: [classlib] TwoKeyHashMap > > Does anyone know why we have a TwoKeyHashMap [1] utility class? > > I've only looked at it briefly, but I'm left wondering why the author > chose to write all that rather than use a regular HashMap with an object > that combines the 'TwoKey's? > > There may be a subtlety I missed. Anyone know? > > [1] > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/harmony/enhanced/classlib/trunk/mod > ules/luni/src/main/java/org/apache/harmony/luni/util/TwoKeyHashMap.java?vi > ew=co > > Regards, > Tim > > -- > > Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > IBM Java technology centre, UK. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
