io.scif

Interface MetaTable

All Superinterfaces:

Map<String,Object>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultMetaTable

public interface MetaTable
extends Map<String,Object>

Marker interface for a String : Object Map. Provides helper methods as needed (e.g. putList(String, Object) for mapping keys with many values).

Author:

Mark Hiner

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface java.util.Map

Map.Entry<K,V>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	putList(String key, Object value) Special Map.put(Object, Object) implementation.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

clear, compute, computeIfAbsent, computeIfPresent, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, forEach, get, getOrDefault, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, merge, put, putAll, putIfAbsent, remove, remove, replace, replace, replaceAll, size, values

Method Detail

putList

void putList(String key,
             Object value)

Special Map.put(Object, Object) implementation. Treats the provided value as a list item. The previous value(s) is not overwritten, but instead also added to the list.

Parameters:

key - - Key to a list of values

value - - Value to add to the list