/*
* Primitive Collections for Java.
* Copyright (C) 2002 Søren Bak
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package com.uwyn.jhighlight.pcj.map;
/**
* This class implements methods for retrieving default values for
* each of the primitive types. The default values are returned by
* the maps' <tt>get()</tt>-methods when a specified key does not
* map to any value.
*
* <p>Note: Later versions may provide the ability to configure
* the default values returned by maps.
*
* @author Søren Bak
* @version 1.0 2002/29/12
* @since 1.0
*/
public class MapDefaults
{
/**
* Returns a default boolean value (<tt>false</tt>).
*
* @return a default boolean value (<tt>false</tt>).
*/
public static boolean defaultBoolean()
{ return false; }
/**
* Returns a default char value (<tt>'\0'</tt>).
*
* @return a default char value (<tt>'\0'</tt>).
*/
public static char defaultChar()
{ return '\0'; }
/**
* Returns a default byte value (<tt>0</tt>).
*
* @return a default byte value (<tt>0</tt>).
*/
public static byte defaultByte()
{ return 0; }
/**
* Returns a default short value (<tt>0</tt>).
*
* @return a default short value (<tt>0</tt>).
*/
public static short defaultShort()
{ return 0; }
/**
* Returns a default int value (<tt>0</tt>).
*
* @return a default int value (<tt>0</tt>).
*/
public static int defaultInt()
{ return 0; }
/**
* Returns a default long value (<tt>0L</tt>).
*
* @return a default long value (<tt>0L</tt>).
*/
public static long defaultLong()
{ return 0; }
/**
* Returns a default float value (<tt>0.0f</tt>).
*
* @return a default float value (<tt>0.0f</tt>).
*/
public static float defaultFloat()
{ return 0.0f; }
/**
* Returns a default double value (<tt>0.0</tt>).
*
* @return a default double value (<tt>0.0</tt>).
*/
public static double defaultDouble()
{ return 0.0; }
}