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- /*
- * @(#)Dictionary.java 1.7 97/01/28
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Sun
- * Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You shall not
- * disclose such Confidential Information and shall use it only in
- * accordance with the terms of the license agreement you entered into
- * with Sun.
- *
- * SUN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE
- * SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
- * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
- * PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SUN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
- * SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING
- * THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES.
- *
- * CopyrightVersion 1.1_beta
- *
- */
-
- package java.util;
-
- /**
- * The <code>Dictionary</code> class is the abstract parent of any
- * class, such as <code>Hashtable</code>, which maps keys to values.
- * Any non-<code>null</code> object can be used as a key and as a value.
- * <p>
- * As a rule, the <code>equals</code> method should be used by
- * implementations of this class to decide if two keys are the same.
- *
- * @author unascribed
- * @version 1.7, 01/28/97
- * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
- * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
- * @see java.util.Hashtable
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- public abstract
- class Dictionary {
- /**
- * Returns the number of keys in this dictionary.
- *
- * @return the number of keys in this dictionary.
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- abstract public int size();
-
- /**
- * Tests if this dictionary maps no keys to value.
- *
- * @return <code>true</code> if this dictionary maps no keys to values;
- * <code>false</code> otherwise.
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- abstract public boolean isEmpty();
-
- /**
- * Returns an enumeration of the keys in this dictionary.
- *
- * @return an enumeration of the keys in this dictionary.
- * @see java.util.Dictionary#elements()
- * @see java.util.Enumeration
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- abstract public Enumeration keys();
-
- /**
- * Returns an enumeration of the values in this dictionary.
- * the Enumeration methods on the returned object to fetch the elements
- * sequentially.
- *
- * @return an enumeration of the values in this dictionary.
- * @see java.util.Dictionary#keys()
- * @see java.util.Enumeration
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- abstract public Enumeration elements();
-
- /**
- * Returns the value to which the key is mapped in this dictionary.
- *
- * @return the value to which the key is mapped in this dictionary;
- * @param key a key in this dictionary.
- * <code>null</code> if the key is not mapped to any value in
- * this dictionary.
- * @see java.util.Dictionary#put(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- abstract public Object get(Object key);
-
- /**
- * Maps the specified <code>key</code> to the specified
- * <code>value</code> in this dictionary. Neither the key nor the
- * value can be <code>null</code>.
- * <p>
- * The <code>value</code> can be retrieved by calling the
- * <code>get</code> method with a <code>key</code> that is equal to
- * the original <code>key</code>.
- *
- * @param key the hashtable key.
- * @param value the value.
- * @return the previous value to which the <code>key</code> was mapped
- * in this dictionary, or <code>null</code> if the key did not
- * have a previous mapping.
- * @exception NullPointerException if the <code>key</code> or
- * <code>value</code> is <code>null</code>.
- * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
- * @see java.util.Dictionary#get(java.lang.Object)
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- abstract public Object put(Object key, Object value);
-
- /**
- * Removes the <code>key</code> (and its corresponding
- * <code>value</code>) from this dictionary. This method does nothing
- * if the <code>key</code> is not in this dictionary.
- *
- * @param key the key that needs to be removed.
- * @return the value to which the <code>key</code> had been mapped in this
- * dictionary, or <code>null</code> if the key did not have a
- * mapping.
- * @since JDK1.0
- */
- abstract public Object remove(Object key);
- }
-