Class Pair<L,R>
- Type Parameters:
L
- the left element typeR
- the right element type
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
,Comparable<Pair<L,
,R>> Map.Entry<L,
R>
- Direct Known Subclasses:
Diff
,ImmutablePair
,MutablePair
A pair consisting of two elements.
This class is an abstract implementation defining the basic API.
It refers to the elements as 'left' and 'right'. It also implements the
Map.Entry
interface where the key is 'left' and the value is 'right'.
Subclass implementations may be mutable or immutable. However, there is no restriction on the type of the stored objects that may be stored. If mutable objects are stored in the pair, then the pair itself effectively becomes mutable.
- Since:
- 3.0
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Field Summary
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Constructor Summary
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionint
Compares the pair based on the left element followed by the right element.static <L,
R> Pair<L, R>[] Returns the empty array singleton that can be assigned without compiler warning.boolean
Compares this pair to another based on the two elements.final L
getKey()
Gets the key from this pair.abstract L
getLeft()
Gets the left element from this pair.abstract R
getRight()
Gets the right element from this pair.getValue()
Gets the value from this pair.int
hashCode()
Returns a suitable hash code.static <L,
R> Pair<L, R> Creates an immutable pair from an existing pair.static <L,
R> Pair<L, R> of
(L left, R right) Creates an immutable pair of two objects inferring the generic types.toString()
Returns a String representation of this pair using the format($left,$right)
.Formats the receiver using the given format.
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Field Details
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EMPTY_ARRAY
An empty array.Consider using
emptyArray()
to avoid generics warnings.- Since:
- 3.10.
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Constructor Details
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Pair
public Pair()
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Method Details
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emptyArray
Returns the empty array singleton that can be assigned without compiler warning.- Type Parameters:
L
- the left element typeR
- the right element type- Returns:
- the empty array singleton that can be assigned without compiler warning.
- Since:
- 3.10.
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of
Creates an immutable pair of two objects inferring the generic types.
This factory allows the pair to be created using inference to obtain the generic types.
- Type Parameters:
L
- the left element typeR
- the right element type- Parameters:
left
- the left element, may be nullright
- the right element, may be null- Returns:
- a pair formed from the two parameters, not null
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of
Creates an immutable pair from an existing pair.
This factory allows the pair to be created using inference to obtain the generic types.
- Type Parameters:
L
- the left element typeR
- the right element type- Parameters:
pair
- the existing pair.- Returns:
- a pair formed from the two parameters, not null
- Since:
- 3.10
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compareTo
Compares the pair based on the left element followed by the right element. The types must be
Comparable
.- Specified by:
compareTo
in interfaceComparable<L>
- Parameters:
other
- the other pair, not null- Returns:
- negative if this is less, zero if equal, positive if greater
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equals
Compares this pair to another based on the two elements.
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getKey
Gets the key from this pair.
This method implements the
Map.Entry
interface returning the left element as the key. -
getLeft
Gets the left element from this pair.
When treated as a key-value pair, this is the key.
- Returns:
- the left element, may be null
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getRight
Gets the right element from this pair.
When treated as a key-value pair, this is the value.
- Returns:
- the right element, may be null
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getValue
Gets the value from this pair.
This method implements the
Map.Entry
interface returning the right element as the value. -
hashCode
public int hashCode()Returns a suitable hash code. The hash code follows the definition in
Map.Entry
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toString
Returns a String representation of this pair using the format
($left,$right)
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toString
Formats the receiver using the given format.
This uses
Formattable
to perform the formatting. Two variables may be used to embed the left and right elements. Use%1$s
for the left element (key) and%2$s
for the right element (value). The default format used bytoString()
is(%1$s,%2$s)
.- Parameters:
format
- the format string, optionally containing%1$s
and%2$s
, not null- Returns:
- the formatted string, not null
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