org.jboss.portal.portlet.state
Interface PropertyMap

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.Map

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPropertyMap, SimplePropertyMap

public interface PropertyMap
extends java.util.Map

Version:

$Revision: 6643 $

Author:

Julien Viet

Nested Class Summary

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

java.util.Map.Entry<K,V>

Method Summary

Value	getProperty(java.lang.String key) Return the value for the given key or null if it does not exist.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String key, Value value) Update the value of the given key.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

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

Method Detail

getProperty

Value getProperty(java.lang.String key)
                  throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Return the value for the given key or null if it does not exist.

Parameters:

key - the requested key

Returns:

the requested value or null if it does not exist

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the key is null

setProperty

void setProperty(java.lang.String key,
                 Value value)
                 throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                        java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException

Update the value of the given key. If the value object is null it means that the entry must be removed. Implementation can throw an unsupported operation exception when it is abnormal to perform an update.

Parameters:

key - the key to update

value - the new value

Throws:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if the operation is not supported

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the key is null