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:

Constructor Summary

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()`	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

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

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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:

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

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