On 8/29/07, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to the collections mailing list and I have a class I think would > be appropriate to be donated to the collections API. > <snip/>
Please submit enhancement requests via JIRA as outlined here [1], so they stay on radar. -Rahul [1] http://commons.apache.org/collections/issue-tracking.html > This is an extension of the MultiHashMap and filters a given Collection > by a given field. It will put the objects into the map using the field > value as the key. > > For example, lets say I have a class X which has an integer i. I have > four instances of X each with the following names and values of i. > > x1 i=1 > x2 i=2 > x3 i=2 > x4 i=5 > > The resulting MultiHashMap will contain the following after a call to > sortCollection(X.class, "i"); has been made. > > key | Objects > 1 | x1 > 2 | x2, x3 > 5 | x4 > > I can then get a Collection of sorted objects by asking the map for the > key value. I find this very useful in many situations I have come > across. I will of course make the required doc, package and src > formatting changes to the class before submitting it. > > Please can you take a look and tell me if it is worth committing this to > the Collections repository. What is the process I need to go through > before committing? I'm a bit pressed for time at the mo' so I can't > really spend too much time working on the Collections API as a regular > developer. I am a big fan of the commons Collections API and commons > project in general, just wish I had more time to get involved. > > Kind regards, > > John Hunsley. > Technical Supervisor, Cy-nap Ltd. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
