/* * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.apache.commons.collections.map; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.io.Serializable; import java.util.Map; import org.apache.commons.collections.Factory; import org.apache.commons.collections.Transformer; import org.apache.commons.collections.functors.FactoryTransformer; /** * Decorates another <code>Map</code> to create objects in the map on demand. * <p> * When the {@link #get(Object)} method is called with a key that does not * exist in the map, the factory is used to create the object. The created * object will be added to the map using the requested key. * <p> * For instance: * <pre> * Factory factory = new Factory() { * public Object create() { * return new Date(); * } * } * Map lazy = Lazy.map(new HashMap(), factory); * Object obj = lazy.get("NOW"); * </pre> * * After the above code is executed, <code>obj</code> will contain * a new <code>Date</code> instance. Furthermore, that <code>Date</code> * instance is mapped to the "NOW" key in the map. * <p> * <strong>Note that LazyMap is not synchronized and is not thread-safe.</strong> * 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 {@link java.util.Collections#synchronizedMap(Map)}. This class may throw * exceptions when accessed by concurrent threads without synchronization. * <p> * This class is Serializable from Commons Collections 3.1. * * @since Commons Collections 3.0 * @version $Revision: 348007 $ $Date: 2005-11-21 22:52:57 +0000 (Mon, 21 Nov 2005) $ * * @author Stephen Colebourne * @author Paul Jack */ public class LazyMap extends AbstractMapDecorator implements Map, Serializable { /** Serialization version */ private static final long serialVersionUID = 7990956402564206740L; /** The factory to use to construct elements */ protected final Transformer factory; /** * Factory method to create a lazily instantiated map. * * @param map the map to decorate, must not be null * @param factory the factory to use, must not be null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map or factory is null */ public static Map decorate(Map map, Factory factory) { return new LazyMap(map, factory); } /** * Factory method to create a lazily instantiated map. * * @param map the map to decorate, must not be null * @param factory the factory to use, must not be null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map or factory is null */ public static Map decorate(Map map, Transformer factory) { return new LazyMap(map, factory); } //----------------------------------------------------------------------- /** * Constructor that wraps (not copies). * * @param map the map to decorate, must not be null * @param factory the factory to use, must not be null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map or factory is null */ protected LazyMap(Map map, Factory factory) { super(map); if (factory == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Factory must not be null"); } this.factory = FactoryTransformer.getInstance(factory); } /** * Constructor that wraps (not copies). * * @param map the map to decorate, must not be null * @param factory the factory to use, must not be null * @throws IllegalArgumentException if map or factory is null */ protected LazyMap(Map map, Transformer factory) { super(map); if (factory == null) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("Factory must not be null"); } this.factory = factory; } //----------------------------------------------------------------------- /** * Write the map out using a custom routine. * * @param out the output stream * @throws IOException * @since Commons Collections 3.1 */ private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException { out.defaultWriteObject(); out.writeObject(map); } /** * Read the map in using a custom routine. * * @param in the input stream * @throws IOException * @throws ClassNotFoundException * @since Commons Collections 3.1 */ private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException { in.defaultReadObject(); map = (Map) in.readObject(); } //----------------------------------------------------------------------- public Object get(Object key) { // create value for key if key is not currently in the map if (map.containsKey(key) == false) { Object value = factory.transform(key); map.put(key, value); return value; } return map.get(key); } // no need to wrap keySet, entrySet or values as they are views of // existing map entries - you can't do a map-style get on them. }