For instance, this would work:
Map<String, Color> map = toMap(new Object[][] {
{"red", Color.red},
{"black", Color.black}
});
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 6:41 PM, James Carman <ja...@carmanconsulting.com> wrote:
> What if we change it to:
>
> public static <K,V> Map<K, V> toMap(Object[] array)
>
> Then, you can use type inference so you don't have to do any casting!
>
> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Shekhar Gulati
> <shekhargulat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have started playing with latest beta release of Commons-Lang 3.0 and I
>> have question on usage of generics in Commons-lang
>>
>> For example, there is a method called toMap in ArrayUtils which could have
>> been easily generified but isn't
>>
>> In Commons-Lang 3.0
>>
>> public static Map<Object, Object> toMap(Object[] array) {
>> if (array == null) {
>> return null;
>> }
>> final Map<Object, Object> map = new HashMap<Object, Object>((int)
>> (array.length * 1.5));
>> for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
>> Object object = array[i];
>> if (object instanceof Map.Entry<?, ?>) {
>> Map.Entry<?,?> entry = (Map.Entry<?,?>) object;
>> map.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
>> } else if (object instanceof Object[]) {
>> Object[] entry = (Object[]) object;
>> if (entry.length < 2) {
>> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array element " + i
>> + ", '"
>> + object
>> + "', has a length less than 2");
>> }
>> map.put(entry[0], entry[1]);
>> } else {
>> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array element " + i + ",
>> '"
>> + object
>> + "', is neither of type Map.Entry nor an Array");
>> }
>> }
>> return map;
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> Fully Generified version of toMap method
>>
>> public static <T> Map<T, T> toMap(T[][] array) {
>> if (array == null) {
>> return null;
>> }
>> final Map<T, T> map = new HashMap<T, T>((int) (array.length * 1.5));
>> for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
>> T[] t = array[i];
>> if (t[i] instanceof Map.Entry) {
>> @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
>> Map.Entry<T, T> entry = (Map.Entry<T, T>) t[i];
>> map.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
>> } else if (t instanceof Object[]) {
>> T[] entry = t;
>> if (entry.length < 2) {
>> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array element " + i
>> + ", '" + t + "', has a length less than 2");
>> }
>> map.put(entry[0], entry[1]);
>> } else {
>> throw new IllegalArgumentException("Array element " + i + ", '"
>> + t + "', is neither of type Map.Entry nor an Array");
>> }
>> }
>> return map;
>> }
>>
>> I just thought to ask the Commons-Lang team.. Are there any reason why some
>> methods are not generified?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> Shekhar
>> 09873937317
>>
>
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