org.apache.commons.collections
Interface BoundedMap<K,V>

All Superinterfaces:

Map<K,V>

All Known Implementing Classes:

FixedSizeMap, FixedSizeSortedMap, LRUMap, SingletonMap

public interface BoundedMap<K,V>
extends Map<K,V>

Defines a map that is bounded in size.

The size of the map can vary, but it can never exceed a preset maximum number of elements. This interface allows the querying of details associated with the maximum number of elements.

Since:

Commons Collections 3.0

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ $Date: 2005/05/23 04:32:40 $

Author:

Matt Hall, John Watkinson, Stephen Colebourne

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface java.util.Map

Map.Entry<K,V>

Method Summary

boolean	isFull() Returns true if this map is full and no new elements can be added.
int	maxSize() Gets the maximum size of the map (the bound).

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

clear, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values

Method Detail

isFull

boolean isFull()

Returns true if this map is full and no new elements can be added.

Returns:

true if the map is full

maxSize

int maxSize()

Gets the maximum size of the map (the bound).

Returns:

the maximum number of elements the map can hold