Coverage Report - org.apache.commons.scaffold.util.Mapped
 
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Mapped
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 /*
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  * Copyright 2001,2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
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  * 
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  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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  * 
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  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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  * 
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  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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  * limitations under the License.
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  */
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 package org.apache.commons.scaffold.util;
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 import java.util.Map;
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 /**
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  * Simple interface to describe an object that can set and
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  * return its public properties via a Map.
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  * business logic object.
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  * @author Ted Husted
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  * @version $Revision: 155464 $ $Date: 2005-02-26 13:26:54 +0000 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $
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  */
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 public interface Mapped {
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 // ------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods
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     /**
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      * Return a Map of this object's public properties.
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      * The values may be of any type, though an implementation
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      * may choose to return only Strings. The keys for the entries
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      * may or may not exactly match the true public properties
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      * of the implementing object, as needed.
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      * @exception Throws Exception on any error. A subclass of
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      * ChainedException is recommended.
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      */
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     public Map getMap() throws Exception;
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     /**
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      * Set this object's public properties via a Map.
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      * The values may be of any type, though a subclass may
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      * choose to expect only Strings. The keys for the entries
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      * may or may not exactly match the true public properties,
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      * of the object, as required.
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      * @exception Throws Exception on any error. A subclass of
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      * ChainedException is recommended.
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      */
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     public void setMap(Map map) throws Exception;
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     /**
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      * Returns the value to which this map maps the specified key
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      * -- the equivalent of <code>Object getMap().get(key).
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      * @exception Throws Exception on any error. A subclass of
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      * ChainedException is recommended.
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      * @param key - key whose associated value is to be returned.
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      */
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     public Object getValue(Object key) throws Exception;
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     /**
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      * Associates the specified value with the specified key in
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      * the property map for this object
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      * -- the equivalent of <code>getMap().put(key,value).
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      * @param key - key with which the specified value is to be associated.
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      * @param value - value to be associated with the specified key.
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      * @exception Throws Exception on any error. A subclass of
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      * ChainedException is recommended.
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      */
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     public Object setValue(Object key, Object value) throws Exception;
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 }