com.opmath.util.datastruct
Class InitializedHashtable

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.util.Dictionary
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        +--java.util.Hashtable
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              +--com.opmath.util.datastruct.InitializedHashtable

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Map, Serializable

public class InitializedHashtable

extends Hashtable

A functional extension to java.util.Hashtable.

InitializedHashtable is a utility class, providing specialized Hashtable semantics.

The class extends Hashtable so as to to provide a constructor that populates the Hashtable. This is essential in the case, for example, of static final Hashtable valiables.

Copyright: (c) 2002 The Open Math Company Limited

The Terms of Distribution of this software are stipulated in the javadoc Overview for this project.

Since:

J2SE 1.3

Version:

utilities-v011

Author:

Bruno Beloff bruno.beloff@opmath.com

See Also:

Serialized Form

Inner classes inherited from class java.util.Map

Map.Entry

Constructor Summary

InitializedHashtable(Object[] keys, Object[] values)
Constructs a new InitializedHashtable instance.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Hashtable

, clear, clone, contains, containsKey, containsValue, elements, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, put, putAll, rehash, remove, size, toString, values

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InitializedHashtable

public InitializedHashtable(Object[] keys,
                            Object[] values)
                     throws ArrayStoreException,
                            ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

Constructs a new InitializedHashtable instance. The table is populated with a pair of arrays of type Object - one array suplying keys, the other the associated values.

Parameters:

keys - the Object[] supplying the keys.

values - the Object[] supplying the values.

Throws:

ArrayStoreException - An exception thrown if either parameter is nill.

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException - An exception thrown if the parameters are not of the same length.

Since:

J2SE 1.3