com.tensegrity.generic.util
Class IndexMap

java.lang.Object
  com.tensegrity.generic.util.IndexMap

public final class IndexMap

extends java.lang.Object

This class builds a HashMap of indices of an array from a given array. The map can be subsequently used for quick lookups of the position of one of the items in the array.

Version:

$Id: IndexMap.java,v 1.7 2005/05/23 11:50:08 KevinCVS Exp $

Author:

Stepan Rutz

Method Summary

static java.util.Map

buildMap(java.lang.Object[] array) Returns a HashMap of indices of an array from a given array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

buildMap

public static final java.util.Map buildMap(java.lang.Object[] array)

Returns a HashMap of indices of an array from a given array. The map can then be used for quick lookups of the position of one of the objects previously stored in the array.

Parameters:

array - the source array

Returns:

a HashMap with Integer objects as values, which represent the objects index in the array.

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