org.semanticweb.elk.util.collections.entryset

Interface KeyEntryFactory<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the keys of the entries and of all linked entries

public interface KeyEntryFactory<T>

An interface for creating key entries from the key values.

Author:

"Yevgeny Kazakov"

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
KeyEntry<T,? extends T>	createEntry(T key) Creates the key entry of the given type for the given key.

Method Detail

createEntry

KeyEntry<T,? extends T> createEntry(T key)

Creates the key entry of the given type for the given key. It is important that the method returns a new object. Reuse of existing entries can result in incorrect behavior of hash sets where these entries are stored.

Parameters:

key -

Returns:

the key entry of the given type for the given key