AbstractMap.java revision 49965c1dc9da104344f4893a05e45795a5740d20
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25
26package java.util;
27import java.util.Map.Entry;
28
29/**
30 * This class provides a skeletal implementation of the <tt>Map</tt>
31 * interface, to minimize the effort required to implement this interface.
32 *
33 * <p>To implement an unmodifiable map, the programmer needs only to extend this
34 * class and provide an implementation for the <tt>entrySet</tt> method, which
35 * returns a set-view of the map's mappings.  Typically, the returned set
36 * will, in turn, be implemented atop <tt>AbstractSet</tt>.  This set should
37 * not support the <tt>add</tt> or <tt>remove</tt> methods, and its iterator
38 * should not support the <tt>remove</tt> method.
39 *
40 * <p>To implement a modifiable map, the programmer must additionally override
41 * this class's <tt>put</tt> method (which otherwise throws an
42 * <tt>UnsupportedOperationException</tt>), and the iterator returned by
43 * <tt>entrySet().iterator()</tt> must additionally implement its
44 * <tt>remove</tt> method.
45 *
46 * <p>The programmer should generally provide a void (no argument) and map
47 * constructor, as per the recommendation in the <tt>Map</tt> interface
48 * specification.
49 *
50 * <p>The documentation for each non-abstract method in this class describes its
51 * implementation in detail.  Each of these methods may be overridden if the
52 * map being implemented admits a more efficient implementation.
53 *
54 * <p>This class is a member of the
55 * <a href="{@docRoot}openjdk-redirect.html?v=8&path=/technotes/guides/collections/index.html">
56 * Java Collections Framework</a>.
57 *
58 * @param <K> the type of keys maintained by this map
59 * @param <V> the type of mapped values
60 *
61 * @author  Josh Bloch
62 * @author  Neal Gafter
63 * @see Map
64 * @see Collection
65 * @since 1.2
66 */
67
68public abstract class AbstractMap<K,V> implements Map<K,V> {
69    /**
70     * Sole constructor.  (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically
71     * implicit.)
72     */
73    protected AbstractMap() {
74    }
75
76    // Query Operations
77
78    /**
79     * {@inheritDoc}
80     *
81     * <p>This implementation returns <tt>entrySet().size()</tt>.
82     */
83    public int size() {
84        return entrySet().size();
85    }
86
87    /**
88     * {@inheritDoc}
89     *
90     * <p>This implementation returns <tt>size() == 0</tt>.
91     */
92    public boolean isEmpty() {
93        return size() == 0;
94    }
95
96    /**
97     * {@inheritDoc}
98     *
99     * <p>This implementation iterates over <tt>entrySet()</tt> searching
100     * for an entry with the specified value.  If such an entry is found,
101     * <tt>true</tt> is returned.  If the iteration terminates without
102     * finding such an entry, <tt>false</tt> is returned.  Note that this
103     * implementation requires linear time in the size of the map.
104     *
105     * @throws ClassCastException   {@inheritDoc}
106     * @throws NullPointerException {@inheritDoc}
107     */
108    public boolean containsValue(Object value) {
109        Iterator<Entry<K,V>> i = entrySet().iterator();
110        if (value==null) {
111            while (i.hasNext()) {
112                Entry<K,V> e = i.next();
113                if (e.getValue()==null)
114                    return true;
115            }
116        } else {
117            while (i.hasNext()) {
118                Entry<K,V> e = i.next();
119                if (value.equals(e.getValue()))
120                    return true;
121            }
122        }
123        return false;
124    }
125
126    /**
127     * {@inheritDoc}
128     *
129     * <p>This implementation iterates over <tt>entrySet()</tt> searching
130     * for an entry with the specified key.  If such an entry is found,
131     * <tt>true</tt> is returned.  If the iteration terminates without
132     * finding such an entry, <tt>false</tt> is returned.  Note that this
133     * implementation requires linear time in the size of the map; many
134     * implementations will override this method.
135     *
136     * @throws ClassCastException   {@inheritDoc}
137     * @throws NullPointerException {@inheritDoc}
138     */
139    public boolean containsKey(Object key) {
140        Iterator<Map.Entry<K,V>> i = entrySet().iterator();
141        if (key==null) {
142            while (i.hasNext()) {
143                Entry<K,V> e = i.next();
144                if (e.getKey()==null)
145                    return true;
146            }
147        } else {
148            while (i.hasNext()) {
149                Entry<K,V> e = i.next();
150                if (key.equals(e.getKey()))
151                    return true;
152            }
153        }
154        return false;
155    }
156
157    /**
158     * {@inheritDoc}
159     *
160     * <p>This implementation iterates over <tt>entrySet()</tt> searching
161     * for an entry with the specified key.  If such an entry is found,
162     * the entry's value is returned.  If the iteration terminates without
163     * finding such an entry, <tt>null</tt> is returned.  Note that this
164     * implementation requires linear time in the size of the map; many
165     * implementations will override this method.
166     *
167     * @throws ClassCastException            {@inheritDoc}
168     * @throws NullPointerException          {@inheritDoc}
169     */
170    public V get(Object key) {
171        Iterator<Entry<K,V>> i = entrySet().iterator();
172        if (key==null) {
173            while (i.hasNext()) {
174                Entry<K,V> e = i.next();
175                if (e.getKey()==null)
176                    return e.getValue();
177            }
178        } else {
179            while (i.hasNext()) {
180                Entry<K,V> e = i.next();
181                if (key.equals(e.getKey()))
182                    return e.getValue();
183            }
184        }
185        return null;
186    }
187
188
189    // Modification Operations
190
191    /**
192     * {@inheritDoc}
193     *
194     * <p>This implementation always throws an
195     * <tt>UnsupportedOperationException</tt>.
196     *
197     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException {@inheritDoc}
198     * @throws ClassCastException            {@inheritDoc}
199     * @throws NullPointerException          {@inheritDoc}
200     * @throws IllegalArgumentException      {@inheritDoc}
201     */
202    public V put(K key, V value) {
203        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
204    }
205
206    /**
207     * {@inheritDoc}
208     *
209     * <p>This implementation iterates over <tt>entrySet()</tt> searching for an
210     * entry with the specified key.  If such an entry is found, its value is
211     * obtained with its <tt>getValue</tt> operation, the entry is removed
212     * from the collection (and the backing map) with the iterator's
213     * <tt>remove</tt> operation, and the saved value is returned.  If the
214     * iteration terminates without finding such an entry, <tt>null</tt> is
215     * returned.  Note that this implementation requires linear time in the
216     * size of the map; many implementations will override this method.
217     *
218     * <p>Note that this implementation throws an
219     * <tt>UnsupportedOperationException</tt> if the <tt>entrySet</tt>
220     * iterator does not support the <tt>remove</tt> method and this map
221     * contains a mapping for the specified key.
222     *
223     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException {@inheritDoc}
224     * @throws ClassCastException            {@inheritDoc}
225     * @throws NullPointerException          {@inheritDoc}
226     */
227    public V remove(Object key) {
228        Iterator<Entry<K,V>> i = entrySet().iterator();
229        Entry<K,V> correctEntry = null;
230        if (key==null) {
231            while (correctEntry==null && i.hasNext()) {
232                Entry<K,V> e = i.next();
233                if (e.getKey()==null)
234                    correctEntry = e;
235            }
236        } else {
237            while (correctEntry==null && i.hasNext()) {
238                Entry<K,V> e = i.next();
239                if (key.equals(e.getKey()))
240                    correctEntry = e;
241            }
242        }
243
244        V oldValue = null;
245        if (correctEntry !=null) {
246            oldValue = correctEntry.getValue();
247            i.remove();
248        }
249        return oldValue;
250    }
251
252
253    // Bulk Operations
254
255    /**
256     * {@inheritDoc}
257     *
258     * <p>This implementation iterates over the specified map's
259     * <tt>entrySet()</tt> collection, and calls this map's <tt>put</tt>
260     * operation once for each entry returned by the iteration.
261     *
262     * <p>Note that this implementation throws an
263     * <tt>UnsupportedOperationException</tt> if this map does not support
264     * the <tt>put</tt> operation and the specified map is nonempty.
265     *
266     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException {@inheritDoc}
267     * @throws ClassCastException            {@inheritDoc}
268     * @throws NullPointerException          {@inheritDoc}
269     * @throws IllegalArgumentException      {@inheritDoc}
270     */
271    public void putAll(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> m) {
272        for (Map.Entry<? extends K, ? extends V> e : m.entrySet())
273            put(e.getKey(), e.getValue());
274    }
275
276    /**
277     * {@inheritDoc}
278     *
279     * <p>This implementation calls <tt>entrySet().clear()</tt>.
280     *
281     * <p>Note that this implementation throws an
282     * <tt>UnsupportedOperationException</tt> if the <tt>entrySet</tt>
283     * does not support the <tt>clear</tt> operation.
284     *
285     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException {@inheritDoc}
286     */
287    public void clear() {
288        entrySet().clear();
289    }
290
291
292    // Views
293
294    /**
295     * Each of these fields are initialized to contain an instance of the
296     * appropriate view the first time this view is requested.  The views are
297     * stateless, so there's no reason to create more than one of each.
298     */
299    transient volatile Set<K>        keySet = null;
300    transient volatile Collection<V> values = null;
301
302    /**
303     * {@inheritDoc}
304     *
305     * <p>This implementation returns a set that subclasses {@link AbstractSet}.
306     * The subclass's iterator method returns a "wrapper object" over this
307     * map's <tt>entrySet()</tt> iterator.  The <tt>size</tt> method
308     * delegates to this map's <tt>size</tt> method and the
309     * <tt>contains</tt> method delegates to this map's
310     * <tt>containsKey</tt> method.
311     *
312     * <p>The set is created the first time this method is called,
313     * and returned in response to all subsequent calls.  No synchronization
314     * is performed, so there is a slight chance that multiple calls to this
315     * method will not all return the same set.
316     */
317    public Set<K> keySet() {
318        if (keySet == null) {
319            keySet = new AbstractSet<K>() {
320                public Iterator<K> iterator() {
321                    return new Iterator<K>() {
322                        private Iterator<Entry<K,V>> i = entrySet().iterator();
323
324                        public boolean hasNext() {
325                            return i.hasNext();
326                        }
327
328                        public K next() {
329                            return i.next().getKey();
330                        }
331
332                        public void remove() {
333                            i.remove();
334                        }
335                    };
336                }
337
338                public int size() {
339                    return AbstractMap.this.size();
340                }
341
342                public boolean isEmpty() {
343                    return AbstractMap.this.isEmpty();
344                }
345
346                public void clear() {
347                    AbstractMap.this.clear();
348                }
349
350                public boolean contains(Object k) {
351                    return AbstractMap.this.containsKey(k);
352                }
353            };
354        }
355        return keySet;
356    }
357
358    /**
359     * {@inheritDoc}
360     *
361     * <p>This implementation returns a collection that subclasses {@link
362     * AbstractCollection}.  The subclass's iterator method returns a
363     * "wrapper object" over this map's <tt>entrySet()</tt> iterator.
364     * The <tt>size</tt> method delegates to this map's <tt>size</tt>
365     * method and the <tt>contains</tt> method delegates to this map's
366     * <tt>containsValue</tt> method.
367     *
368     * <p>The collection is created the first time this method is called, and
369     * returned in response to all subsequent calls.  No synchronization is
370     * performed, so there is a slight chance that multiple calls to this
371     * method will not all return the same collection.
372     */
373    public Collection<V> values() {
374        if (values == null) {
375            values = new AbstractCollection<V>() {
376                public Iterator<V> iterator() {
377                    return new Iterator<V>() {
378                        private Iterator<Entry<K,V>> i = entrySet().iterator();
379
380                        public boolean hasNext() {
381                            return i.hasNext();
382                        }
383
384                        public V next() {
385                            return i.next().getValue();
386                        }
387
388                        public void remove() {
389                            i.remove();
390                        }
391                    };
392                }
393
394                public int size() {
395                    return AbstractMap.this.size();
396                }
397
398                public boolean isEmpty() {
399                    return AbstractMap.this.isEmpty();
400                }
401
402                public void clear() {
403                    AbstractMap.this.clear();
404                }
405
406                public boolean contains(Object v) {
407                    return AbstractMap.this.containsValue(v);
408                }
409            };
410        }
411        return values;
412    }
413
414    public abstract Set<Entry<K,V>> entrySet();
415
416
417    // Comparison and hashing
418
419    /**
420     * Compares the specified object with this map for equality.  Returns
421     * <tt>true</tt> if the given object is also a map and the two maps
422     * represent the same mappings.  More formally, two maps <tt>m1</tt> and
423     * <tt>m2</tt> represent the same mappings if
424     * <tt>m1.entrySet().equals(m2.entrySet())</tt>.  This ensures that the
425     * <tt>equals</tt> method works properly across different implementations
426     * of the <tt>Map</tt> interface.
427     *
428     * <p>This implementation first checks if the specified object is this map;
429     * if so it returns <tt>true</tt>.  Then, it checks if the specified
430     * object is a map whose size is identical to the size of this map; if
431     * not, it returns <tt>false</tt>.  If so, it iterates over this map's
432     * <tt>entrySet</tt> collection, and checks that the specified map
433     * contains each mapping that this map contains.  If the specified map
434     * fails to contain such a mapping, <tt>false</tt> is returned.  If the
435     * iteration completes, <tt>true</tt> is returned.
436     *
437     * @param o object to be compared for equality with this map
438     * @return <tt>true</tt> if the specified object is equal to this map
439     */
440    public boolean equals(Object o) {
441        if (o == this)
442            return true;
443
444        if (!(o instanceof Map))
445            return false;
446        Map<K,V> m = (Map<K,V>) o;
447        if (m.size() != size())
448            return false;
449
450        try {
451            Iterator<Entry<K,V>> i = entrySet().iterator();
452            while (i.hasNext()) {
453                Entry<K,V> e = i.next();
454                K key = e.getKey();
455                V value = e.getValue();
456                if (value == null) {
457                    if (!(m.get(key)==null && m.containsKey(key)))
458                        return false;
459                } else {
460                    if (!value.equals(m.get(key)))
461                        return false;
462                }
463            }
464        } catch (ClassCastException unused) {
465            return false;
466        } catch (NullPointerException unused) {
467            return false;
468        }
469
470        return true;
471    }
472
473    /**
474     * Returns the hash code value for this map.  The hash code of a map is
475     * defined to be the sum of the hash codes of each entry in the map's
476     * <tt>entrySet()</tt> view.  This ensures that <tt>m1.equals(m2)</tt>
477     * implies that <tt>m1.hashCode()==m2.hashCode()</tt> for any two maps
478     * <tt>m1</tt> and <tt>m2</tt>, as required by the general contract of
479     * {@link Object#hashCode}.
480     *
481     * <p>This implementation iterates over <tt>entrySet()</tt>, calling
482     * {@link Map.Entry#hashCode hashCode()} on each element (entry) in the
483     * set, and adding up the results.
484     *
485     * @return the hash code value for this map
486     * @see Map.Entry#hashCode()
487     * @see Object#equals(Object)
488     * @see Set#equals(Object)
489     */
490    public int hashCode() {
491        int h = 0;
492        Iterator<Entry<K,V>> i = entrySet().iterator();
493        while (i.hasNext())
494            h += i.next().hashCode();
495        return h;
496    }
497
498    /**
499     * Returns a string representation of this map.  The string representation
500     * consists of a list of key-value mappings in the order returned by the
501     * map's <tt>entrySet</tt> view's iterator, enclosed in braces
502     * (<tt>"{}"</tt>).  Adjacent mappings are separated by the characters
503     * <tt>", "</tt> (comma and space).  Each key-value mapping is rendered as
504     * the key followed by an equals sign (<tt>"="</tt>) followed by the
505     * associated value.  Keys and values are converted to strings as by
506     * {@link String#valueOf(Object)}.
507     *
508     * @return a string representation of this map
509     */
510    public String toString() {
511        Iterator<Entry<K,V>> i = entrySet().iterator();
512        if (! i.hasNext())
513            return "{}";
514
515        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
516        sb.append('{');
517        for (;;) {
518            Entry<K,V> e = i.next();
519            K key = e.getKey();
520            V value = e.getValue();
521            sb.append(key   == this ? "(this Map)" : key);
522            sb.append('=');
523            sb.append(value == this ? "(this Map)" : value);
524            if (! i.hasNext())
525                return sb.append('}').toString();
526            sb.append(',').append(' ');
527        }
528    }
529
530    /**
531     * Returns a shallow copy of this <tt>AbstractMap</tt> instance: the keys
532     * and values themselves are not cloned.
533     *
534     * @return a shallow copy of this map
535     */
536    protected Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
537        AbstractMap<K,V> result = (AbstractMap<K,V>)super.clone();
538        result.keySet = null;
539        result.values = null;
540        return result;
541    }
542
543    /**
544     * Utility method for SimpleEntry and SimpleImmutableEntry.
545     * Test for equality, checking for nulls.
546     */
547    private static boolean eq(Object o1, Object o2) {
548        return o1 == null ? o2 == null : o1.equals(o2);
549    }
550
551    // Implementation Note: SimpleEntry and SimpleImmutableEntry
552    // are distinct unrelated classes, even though they share
553    // some code. Since you can't add or subtract final-ness
554    // of a field in a subclass, they can't share representations,
555    // and the amount of duplicated code is too small to warrant
556    // exposing a common abstract class.
557
558
559    /**
560     * An Entry maintaining a key and a value.  The value may be
561     * changed using the <tt>setValue</tt> method.  This class
562     * facilitates the process of building custom map
563     * implementations. For example, it may be convenient to return
564     * arrays of <tt>SimpleEntry</tt> instances in method
565     * <tt>Map.entrySet().toArray</tt>.
566     *
567     * @since 1.6
568     */
569    public static class SimpleEntry<K,V>
570        implements Entry<K,V>, java.io.Serializable
571    {
572        private static final long serialVersionUID = -8499721149061103585L;
573
574        private final K key;
575        private V value;
576
577        /**
578         * Creates an entry representing a mapping from the specified
579         * key to the specified value.
580         *
581         * @param key the key represented by this entry
582         * @param value the value represented by this entry
583         */
584        public SimpleEntry(K key, V value) {
585            this.key   = key;
586            this.value = value;
587        }
588
589        /**
590         * Creates an entry representing the same mapping as the
591         * specified entry.
592         *
593         * @param entry the entry to copy
594         */
595        public SimpleEntry(Entry<? extends K, ? extends V> entry) {
596            this.key   = entry.getKey();
597            this.value = entry.getValue();
598        }
599
600        /**
601         * Returns the key corresponding to this entry.
602         *
603         * @return the key corresponding to this entry
604         */
605        public K getKey() {
606            return key;
607        }
608
609        /**
610         * Returns the value corresponding to this entry.
611         *
612         * @return the value corresponding to this entry
613         */
614        public V getValue() {
615            return value;
616        }
617
618        /**
619         * Replaces the value corresponding to this entry with the specified
620         * value.
621         *
622         * @param value new value to be stored in this entry
623         * @return the old value corresponding to the entry
624         */
625        public V setValue(V value) {
626            V oldValue = this.value;
627            this.value = value;
628            return oldValue;
629        }
630
631        /**
632         * Compares the specified object with this entry for equality.
633         * Returns {@code true} if the given object is also a map entry and
634         * the two entries represent the same mapping.  More formally, two
635         * entries {@code e1} and {@code e2} represent the same mapping
636         * if<pre>
637         *   (e1.getKey()==null ?
638         *    e2.getKey()==null :
639         *    e1.getKey().equals(e2.getKey()))
640         *   &amp;&amp;
641         *   (e1.getValue()==null ?
642         *    e2.getValue()==null :
643         *    e1.getValue().equals(e2.getValue()))</pre>
644         * This ensures that the {@code equals} method works properly across
645         * different implementations of the {@code Map.Entry} interface.
646         *
647         * @param o object to be compared for equality with this map entry
648         * @return {@code true} if the specified object is equal to this map
649         *         entry
650         * @see    #hashCode
651         */
652        public boolean equals(Object o) {
653            if (!(o instanceof Map.Entry))
654                return false;
655            Map.Entry e = (Map.Entry)o;
656            return eq(key, e.getKey()) && eq(value, e.getValue());
657        }
658
659        /**
660         * Returns the hash code value for this map entry.  The hash code
661         * of a map entry {@code e} is defined to be: <pre>
662         *   (e.getKey()==null   ? 0 : e.getKey().hashCode()) ^
663         *   (e.getValue()==null ? 0 : e.getValue().hashCode())</pre>
664         * This ensures that {@code e1.equals(e2)} implies that
665         * {@code e1.hashCode()==e2.hashCode()} for any two Entries
666         * {@code e1} and {@code e2}, as required by the general
667         * contract of {@link Object#hashCode}.
668         *
669         * @return the hash code value for this map entry
670         * @see    #equals
671         */
672        public int hashCode() {
673            return (key   == null ? 0 :   key.hashCode()) ^
674                   (value == null ? 0 : value.hashCode());
675        }
676
677        /**
678         * Returns a String representation of this map entry.  This
679         * implementation returns the string representation of this
680         * entry's key followed by the equals character ("<tt>=</tt>")
681         * followed by the string representation of this entry's value.
682         *
683         * @return a String representation of this map entry
684         */
685        public String toString() {
686            return key + "=" + value;
687        }
688
689    }
690
691    /**
692     * An Entry maintaining an immutable key and value.  This class
693     * does not support method <tt>setValue</tt>.  This class may be
694     * convenient in methods that return thread-safe snapshots of
695     * key-value mappings.
696     *
697     * @since 1.6
698     */
699    public static class SimpleImmutableEntry<K,V>
700        implements Entry<K,V>, java.io.Serializable
701    {
702        private static final long serialVersionUID = 7138329143949025153L;
703
704        private final K key;
705        private final V value;
706
707        /**
708         * Creates an entry representing a mapping from the specified
709         * key to the specified value.
710         *
711         * @param key the key represented by this entry
712         * @param value the value represented by this entry
713         */
714        public SimpleImmutableEntry(K key, V value) {
715            this.key   = key;
716            this.value = value;
717        }
718
719        /**
720         * Creates an entry representing the same mapping as the
721         * specified entry.
722         *
723         * @param entry the entry to copy
724         */
725        public SimpleImmutableEntry(Entry<? extends K, ? extends V> entry) {
726            this.key   = entry.getKey();
727            this.value = entry.getValue();
728        }
729
730        /**
731         * Returns the key corresponding to this entry.
732         *
733         * @return the key corresponding to this entry
734         */
735        public K getKey() {
736            return key;
737        }
738
739        /**
740         * Returns the value corresponding to this entry.
741         *
742         * @return the value corresponding to this entry
743         */
744        public V getValue() {
745            return value;
746        }
747
748        /**
749         * Replaces the value corresponding to this entry with the specified
750         * value (optional operation).  This implementation simply throws
751         * <tt>UnsupportedOperationException</tt>, as this class implements
752         * an <i>immutable</i> map entry.
753         *
754         * @param value new value to be stored in this entry
755         * @return (Does not return)
756         * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
757         */
758        public V setValue(V value) {
759            throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
760        }
761
762        /**
763         * Compares the specified object with this entry for equality.
764         * Returns {@code true} if the given object is also a map entry and
765         * the two entries represent the same mapping.  More formally, two
766         * entries {@code e1} and {@code e2} represent the same mapping
767         * if<pre>
768         *   (e1.getKey()==null ?
769         *    e2.getKey()==null :
770         *    e1.getKey().equals(e2.getKey()))
771         *   &amp;&amp;
772         *   (e1.getValue()==null ?
773         *    e2.getValue()==null :
774         *    e1.getValue().equals(e2.getValue()))</pre>
775         * This ensures that the {@code equals} method works properly across
776         * different implementations of the {@code Map.Entry} interface.
777         *
778         * @param o object to be compared for equality with this map entry
779         * @return {@code true} if the specified object is equal to this map
780         *         entry
781         * @see    #hashCode
782         */
783        public boolean equals(Object o) {
784            if (!(o instanceof Map.Entry))
785                return false;
786            Map.Entry e = (Map.Entry)o;
787            return eq(key, e.getKey()) && eq(value, e.getValue());
788        }
789
790        /**
791         * Returns the hash code value for this map entry.  The hash code
792         * of a map entry {@code e} is defined to be: <pre>
793         *   (e.getKey()==null   ? 0 : e.getKey().hashCode()) ^
794         *   (e.getValue()==null ? 0 : e.getValue().hashCode())</pre>
795         * This ensures that {@code e1.equals(e2)} implies that
796         * {@code e1.hashCode()==e2.hashCode()} for any two Entries
797         * {@code e1} and {@code e2}, as required by the general
798         * contract of {@link Object#hashCode}.
799         *
800         * @return the hash code value for this map entry
801         * @see    #equals
802         */
803        public int hashCode() {
804            return (key   == null ? 0 :   key.hashCode()) ^
805                   (value == null ? 0 : value.hashCode());
806        }
807
808        /**
809         * Returns a String representation of this map entry.  This
810         * implementation returns the string representation of this
811         * entry's key followed by the equals character ("<tt>=</tt>")
812         * followed by the string representation of this entry's value.
813         *
814         * @return a String representation of this map entry
815         */
816        public String toString() {
817            return key + "=" + value;
818        }
819
820    }
821
822}
823