org.apache.commons.collections.map

## Class LinkedMap

- java.lang.Object
- - java.util.AbstractMap
  - - org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractHashedMap
    - - org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractLinkedMap
      - - org.apache.commons.collections.map.LinkedMap

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Cloneable, Map, IterableMap, OrderedMap

      public class LinkedMap
      extends AbstractLinkedMap
      implements Serializable, Cloneable

  A `Map` implementation that maintains the order of the entries. In this implementation order is maintained by original insertion.

  This implementation improves on the JDK1.4 LinkedHashMap by adding the `MapIterator` functionality, additional convenience methods and allowing bidirectional iteration. It also implements `OrderedMap`. In addition, non-interface methods are provided to access the map by index.

  The `orderedMapIterator()` method provides direct access to a bidirectional iterator. The iterators from the other views can also be cast to `OrderedIterator` if required.

  All the available iterators can be reset back to the start by casting to `ResettableIterator` and calling `reset()`.

  The implementation is also designed to be subclassed, with lots of useful methods exposed.

  Note that LinkedMap 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)`. This class may throw exceptions when accessed by concurrent threads without synchronization.

  Since:
    Commons Collections 3.0
  Version:
    $Revision: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 14:33:15 +0200 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
  Author:
    Stephen Colebourne
  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractLinkedMap

      `AbstractLinkedMap.EntrySetIterator, AbstractLinkedMap.KeySetIterator, AbstractLinkedMap.LinkEntry, AbstractLinkedMap.LinkIterator, AbstractLinkedMap.LinkMapIterator, AbstractLinkedMap.ValuesIterator`

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractHashedMap

      `AbstractHashedMap.EntrySet, AbstractHashedMap.HashEntry, AbstractHashedMap.HashIterator, AbstractHashedMap.HashMapIterator, AbstractHashedMap.KeySet, AbstractHashedMap.Values`

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

      `AbstractMap.SimpleEntry, AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry`

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

      `Map.Entry`

  - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractLinkedMap

      `header`

    - ### Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractHashedMap

      `data, DEFAULT_CAPACITY, DEFAULT_LOAD_FACTOR, DEFAULT_THRESHOLD, entrySet, GETKEY_INVALID, GETVALUE_INVALID, keySet, loadFactor, MAXIMUM_CAPACITY, modCount, NO_NEXT_ENTRY, NO_PREVIOUS_ENTRY, NULL, REMOVE_INVALID, SETVALUE_INVALID, size, threshold, values`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `LinkedMap()` Constructs a new empty map with default size and load factor.
    `LinkedMap(int initialCapacity)` Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity.
    `LinkedMap(int initialCapacity, float loadFactor)` Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity and load factor.
    `LinkedMap(Map map)` Constructor copying elements from another map.

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `List` | `asList()` Gets an unmodifiable List view of the keys.
    `Object` | `clone()` Clones the map without cloning the keys or values.
    `Object` | `get(int index)` Gets the key at the specified index.
    `Object` | `getValue(int index)` Gets the value at the specified index.
    `int` | `indexOf(Object key)` Gets the index of the specified key.
    `Object` | `remove(int index)` Removes the element at the specified index.

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractLinkedMap

      `addEntry, clear, containsValue, createEntry, createEntrySetIterator, createKeySetIterator, createValuesIterator, entryAfter, entryBefore, firstKey, getEntry, init, lastKey, mapIterator, nextKey, orderedMapIterator, previousKey, removeEntry`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.collections.map.AbstractHashedMap

      `addMapping, calculateNewCapacity, calculateThreshold, checkCapacity, containsKey, convertKey, destroyEntry, doReadObject, doWriteObject, ensureCapacity, entryHashCode, entryKey, entryNext, entrySet, entryValue, equals, get, getEntry, hash, hashCode, hashIndex, isEmpty, isEqualKey, isEqualValue, keySet, put, putAll, remove, removeMapping, reuseEntry, size, toString, updateEntry, values`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

      `containsKey, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### LinkedMap

          public LinkedMap()

      Constructs a new empty map with default size and load factor.

    - #### LinkedMap

          public LinkedMap(int initialCapacity)

      Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity.
      Parameters:
        `initialCapacity` - the initial capacity
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if the initial capacity is less than one

    - #### LinkedMap

          public LinkedMap(int initialCapacity,
                   float loadFactor)

      Constructs a new, empty map with the specified initial capacity and load factor.
      Parameters:
        `initialCapacity` - the initial capacity
        `loadFactor` - the load factor
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if the initial capacity is less than one
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if the load factor is less than zero

    - #### LinkedMap

          public LinkedMap(Map map)

      Constructor copying elements from another map.
      Parameters:
        `map` - the map to copy
      Throws:
        `NullPointerException` - if the map is null

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### clone

          public Object clone()

      Clones the map without cloning the keys or values.
      Overrides:
        `clone` in class `AbstractHashedMap`
      Returns:
        a shallow clone

    - #### get

          public Object get(int index)

      Gets the key at the specified index.
      Parameters:
        `index` - the index to retrieve
      Returns:
        the key at the specified index
      Throws:
        `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if the index is invalid

    - #### getValue

          public Object getValue(int index)

      Gets the value at the specified index.
      Parameters:
        `index` - the index to retrieve
      Returns:
        the key at the specified index
      Throws:
        `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if the index is invalid

    - #### indexOf

          public int indexOf(Object key)

      Gets the index of the specified key.
      Parameters:
        `key` - the key to find the index of
      Returns:
        the index, or -1 if not found

    - #### remove

          public Object remove(int index)

      Removes the element at the specified index.
      Parameters:
        `index` - the index of the object to remove
      Returns:
        the previous value corresponding the `key`, or `null` if none existed
      Throws:
        `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if the index is invalid

    - #### asList

          public List asList()

      Gets an unmodifiable List view of the keys.

      The returned list is unmodifiable because changes to the values of the list (using `ListIterator.set(Object)`) will effectively remove the value from the list and reinsert that value at the end of the list, which is an unexpected side effect of changing the value of a list. This occurs because changing the key, changes when the mapping is added to the map and thus where it appears in the list.

      An alternative to this method is to use `AbstractHashedMap.keySet()`.

      Returns:
        The ordered list of keys.
      See Also:
        `AbstractHashedMap.keySet()`

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