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package opennlp.tools.dictionary.serializer;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Objects;

/**
 * The {@link Attributes} class stores name value pairs.
 *
 * Problem: The HashMap for storing the name value pairs has a very high
 * memory footprint, replace it.
 */
public class Attributes {

  private Map<String, String> mNameValueMap = new HashMap<>();

  /**
   * Retrieves the value for the given key or null if attribute it not set.
   *
   * @param key
   *
   * @return the value
   */
  public  String getValue(String key) {
    return mNameValueMap.get(key);
  }

  /**
   * Sets a key/value pair.
   *
   * @param key
   * @param value
   */
  public void setValue(String key, String value) {
    Objects.requireNonNull(key, "key must not be null");
    Objects.requireNonNull(value, "value must not be null");

    mNameValueMap.put(key, value);
  }

  /**
   * Iterates over the keys.
   *
   * @return key-{@link Iterator}
   */
  public Iterator<String> iterator() {
    return mNameValueMap.keySet().iterator();
  }
}