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Commons Collections example source code file (LazyMap.java)

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Java - Commons Collections tags/keywords

abstractmapdecorator, classnotfoundexception, factory, factory, illegalargumentexception, io, ioexception, lazymap, lazymap, map, map, object, serializable, transformer, transformer, util

The Commons Collections LazyMap.java source code

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package org.apache.commons.collections.map;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.commons.collections.Factory;
import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer;
import org.apache.commons.collections.functors.FactoryTransformer;

/**
 * Decorates another <code>Map to create objects in the map on demand.
 * <p>
 * When the {@link #get(Object)} method is called with a key that does not
 * exist in the map, the factory is used to create the object. The created
 * object will be added to the map using the requested key.
 * <p>
 * For instance:
 * <pre>
 * Factory factory = new Factory() {
 *     public Object create() {
 *         return new Date();
 *     }
 * }
 * Map lazy = Lazy.map(new HashMap(), factory);
 * Object obj = lazy.get("NOW");
 * </pre>
 *
 * After the above code is executed, <code>obj will contain
 * a new <code>Date instance. Furthermore, that Date
 * instance is mapped to the "NOW" key in the map.
 * <p>
 * <strong>Note that LazyMap is not synchronized and is not thread-safe.
 * If you wish to use this map from multiple threads concurrently, you must use
 * appropriate synchronization. The simplest approach is to wrap this map
 * using {@link java.util.Collections#synchronizedMap(Map)}. This class may throw 
 * exceptions when accessed by concurrent threads without synchronization.
 * <p>
 * This class is Serializable from Commons Collections 3.1.
 *
 * @since Commons Collections 3.0
 * @version $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 13:33:15 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
 * 
 * @author Stephen Colebourne
 * @author Paul Jack
 */
public class LazyMap
        extends AbstractMapDecorator
        implements Map, Serializable {

    /** Serialization version */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 7990956402564206740L;

    /** The factory to use to construct elements */
    protected final Transformer factory;

    /**
     * Factory method to create a lazily instantiated map.
     * 
     * @param map  the map to decorate, must not be null
     * @param factory  the factory to use, must not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map or factory is null
     */
    public static Map decorate(Map map, Factory factory) {
        return new LazyMap(map, factory);
    }

    /**
     * Factory method to create a lazily instantiated map.
     * 
     * @param map  the map to decorate, must not be null
     * @param factory  the factory to use, must not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map or factory is null
     */
    public static Map decorate(Map map, Transformer factory) {
        return new LazyMap(map, factory);
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Constructor that wraps (not copies).
     * 
     * @param map  the map to decorate, must not be null
     * @param factory  the factory to use, must not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map or factory is null
     */
    protected LazyMap(Map map, Factory factory) {
        super(map);
        if (factory == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Factory must not be null");
        }
        this.factory = FactoryTransformer.getInstance(factory);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor that wraps (not copies).
     * 
     * @param map  the map to decorate, must not be null
     * @param factory  the factory to use, must not be null
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map or factory is null
     */
    protected LazyMap(Map map, Transformer factory) {
        super(map);
        if (factory == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Factory must not be null");
        }
        this.factory = factory;
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Write the map out using a custom routine.
     * 
     * @param out  the output stream
     * @throws IOException
     * @since Commons Collections 3.1
     */
    private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
        out.defaultWriteObject();
        out.writeObject(map);
    }

    /**
     * Read the map in using a custom routine.
     * 
     * @param in  the input stream
     * @throws IOException
     * @throws ClassNotFoundException
     * @since Commons Collections 3.1
     */
    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        in.defaultReadObject();
        map = (Map) in.readObject();
    }

    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
    public Object get(Object key) {
        // create value for key if key is not currently in the map
        if (map.containsKey(key) == false) {
            Object value = factory.transform(key);
            map.put(key, value);
            return value;
        }
        return map.get(key);
    }

    // no need to wrap keySet, entrySet or values as they are views of
    // existing map entries - you can't do a map-style get on them.
}

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