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package org.apache.commons.collections4.map;

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

A case-insensitive Map.

Before keys are added to the map or compared to other existing keys, they are converted to all lowercase in a locale-independent fashion by using information from the Unicode data file.

Null keys are supported.

The keySet() method returns all lowercase keys, or nulls.

Example:


 Map<String, String> map = new CaseInsensitiveMap<String, String>();
 map.put("One", "One");
 map.put("Two", "Two");
 map.put(null, "Three");
 map.put("one", "Four");
creates a CaseInsensitiveMap with three entries.
map.get(null) returns "Three" and map.get("ONE") returns "Four". The Set returned by keySet() equals {"one", "two", null}.

This map will violate the detail of various Map and map view contracts. As a general rule, don't compare this map to other maps. In particular, you can't use decorators like ListOrderedMap on it, which silently assume that these contracts are fulfilled.

Note that CaseInsensitiveMap 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 Collections.synchronizedMap(Map<Object,Object>). This class may throw exceptions when accessed by concurrent threads without synchronization.

Type parameters:
  • <K> – the type of the keys in this map
  • <V> – the type of the values in this map
Since:3.0
/** * A case-insensitive <code>Map</code>. * <p> * Before keys are added to the map or compared to other existing keys, they are converted * to all lowercase in a locale-independent fashion by using information from the Unicode * data file. * <p> * Null keys are supported. * <p> * The <code>keySet()</code> method returns all lowercase keys, or nulls. * <p> * Example: * <pre><code> * Map&lt;String, String&gt; map = new CaseInsensitiveMap&lt;String, String&gt;(); * map.put("One", "One"); * map.put("Two", "Two"); * map.put(null, "Three"); * map.put("one", "Four"); * </code></pre> * creates a <code>CaseInsensitiveMap</code> with three entries.<br> * <code>map.get(null)</code> returns <code>"Three"</code> and <code>map.get("ONE")</code> * returns <code>"Four".</code> The <code>Set</code> returned by <code>keySet()</code> * equals <code>{"one", "two", null}.</code> * <p> * <strong>This map will violate the detail of various Map and map view contracts.</strong> * As a general rule, don't compare this map to other maps. In particular, you can't * use decorators like {@link ListOrderedMap} on it, which silently assume that these * contracts are fulfilled. * </p> * <p> * <strong>Note that CaseInsensitiveMap is not synchronized and is not thread-safe.</strong> * 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> * * @param <K> the type of the keys in this map * @param <V> the type of the values in this map * @since 3.0 */
public class CaseInsensitiveMap<K, V> extends AbstractHashedMap<K, V> implements Serializable, Cloneable {
Serialisation version
/** Serialisation version */
private static final long serialVersionUID = -7074655917369299456L;
Constructs a new empty map with default size and load factor.
/** * Constructs a new empty map with default size and load factor. */
public CaseInsensitiveMap() { super(DEFAULT_CAPACITY, DEFAULT_LOAD_FACTOR, DEFAULT_THRESHOLD); }
Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity.
Params:
  • initialCapacity – the initial capacity
Throws:
/** * Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity. * * @param initialCapacity the initial capacity * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the initial capacity is negative */
public CaseInsensitiveMap(final int initialCapacity) { super(initialCapacity); }
Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity and load factor.
Params:
  • initialCapacity – the initial capacity
  • loadFactor – the load factor
Throws:
/** * Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity and * load factor. * * @param initialCapacity the initial capacity * @param loadFactor the load factor * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the initial capacity is negative * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the load factor is less than zero */
public CaseInsensitiveMap(final int initialCapacity, final float loadFactor) { super(initialCapacity, loadFactor); }
Constructor copying elements from another map.

Keys will be converted to lower case strings, which may cause some entries to be removed (if string representation of keys differ only by character case).

Params:
  • map – the map to copy
Throws:
/** * Constructor copying elements from another map. * <p> * Keys will be converted to lower case strings, which may cause * some entries to be removed (if string representation of keys differ * only by character case). * * @param map the map to copy * @throws NullPointerException if the map is null */
public CaseInsensitiveMap(final Map<? extends K, ? extends V> map) { super(map); } //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Overrides convertKey() from AbstractHashedMap to convert keys to lower case.

Returns AbstractHashedMap.NULL if key is null.

Params:
  • key – the key convert
Returns:the converted key
/** * Overrides convertKey() from {@link AbstractHashedMap} to convert keys to * lower case. * <p> * Returns {@link AbstractHashedMap#NULL} if key is null. * * @param key the key convert * @return the converted key */
@Override protected Object convertKey(final Object key) { if (key != null) { final char[] chars = key.toString().toCharArray(); for (int i = chars.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) { chars[i] = Character.toLowerCase(Character.toUpperCase(chars[i])); } return new String(chars); } return AbstractHashedMap.NULL; } //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Clones the map without cloning the keys or values.
Returns:a shallow clone
/** * Clones the map without cloning the keys or values. * * @return a shallow clone */
@Override public CaseInsensitiveMap<K, V> clone() { return (CaseInsensitiveMap<K, V>) super.clone(); }
Write the map out using a custom routine.
Params:
  • out – the output stream
Throws:
  • IOException – if an error occurs while writing to the stream
/** * Write the map out using a custom routine. * * @param out the output stream * @throws IOException if an error occurs while writing to the stream */
private void writeObject(final ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException { out.defaultWriteObject(); doWriteObject(out); }
Read the map in using a custom routine.
Params:
  • in – the input stream
Throws:
/** * Read the map in using a custom routine. * * @param in the input stream * @throws IOException if an error occurs while reading from the stream * @throws ClassNotFoundException if an object read from the stream can not be loaded */
private void readObject(final ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException { in.defaultReadObject(); doReadObject(in); } }