Stephen Colebourne wrote: > On 6 July 2011 09:52, Jörg Schaible <joerg.schai...@scalaris.com> wrote: >> I can traverse now the set of keys to get this list when it is internally >> implemented with a LinkedHashMap. Remember, one important element of a >> contexted exception is a more informational and structured message. In >> the list above I can see quite immediately where the problem is and in >> which way the application flow failed. Any idea how we could improve the >> API to support this with an implementation? Something like: >> >> List<Pair<String, Object>> getEntries(); > > This could be the main API with convenience methods for > getFirstValue() and getValues(). You would store data internally in > this format, not as a map. Lookups by key are then O(n) but that is > unlikely to be a problem in exceptional code.
You're right. If nobody objects will will change the implementation soon. - Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
