net.sf.jtemporal
Class AbstractTemporalSet<V>

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jtemporal.AbstractTemporalSet<V>

Type Parameters:

V - the type of the value

All Implemented Interfaces:

TemporalSet<V>

Direct Known Subclasses:

TemporalSetImpl, TreeTemporalSet

public abstract class AbstractTemporalSet<V>
extends java.lang.Object
implements TemporalSet<V>

Features common to the MultiMaps.

Version:

$Id: AbstractTemporalSet.java,v 1.5 2007/09/14 20:03:04 tabeck Exp $

Constructor Summary

AbstractTemporalSet()

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
Period	extent(java.lang.Object value) Return a period enclosing firstInstant(value) and lastInstantvalue()
boolean	putAll(TemporalSet<? extends V> mtm) Copies all of the mappings from the specified map to this map.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.jtemporal.TemporalSet

clear, contains, containsValue, entrySet, firstInstant, firstPeriod, getPeriod, isEmpty, isEmpty, lastInstant, lastPeriod, periodSet, put, remove, removePeriod, removeValue, size, sizeAt, sizeFor, sizeValues, valueSet, valueSet

Constructor Detail

AbstractTemporalSet

public AbstractTemporalSet()

Method Detail

extent

public Period extent(java.lang.Object value)

Description copied from interface: TemporalSet

Return a period enclosing firstInstant(value) and lastInstantvalue()

Specified by:

extent in interface TemporalSet<V>

Returns:

new Period(firstInstant(value), lastInstant(value))

See Also:

TemporalSet.firstInstant(Object), TemporalSet.lastInstant(Object)

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

putAll

public boolean putAll(TemporalSet<? extends V> mtm)

Description copied from interface: TemporalSet

Copies all of the mappings from the specified map to this map. These mappings will replace any mappings that this map had for any of the periods currently in the specified map.

Specified by:

putAll in interface TemporalSet<V>

Parameters:

mtm - Mappings to be stored in this map.

Returns:

true if one or more previous values are overwritten partially or completely. false if there is any conflicting mapping.