[jira] Updated: (COLLECTIONS-263) Extend the MultiHashMap to create an object filter by value of given field

["John Hunsley (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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John Hunsley updated COLLECTIONS-263:
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    Attachment: CollectionFilter.java

Hi, 

here's the code I have for a class which does the described functionality.

> Extend the MultiHashMap to create an object filter by value of given field
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COLLECTIONS-263
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-263
>             Project: Commons Collections
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: KeyValue, Map
>    Affects Versions: 3.1, 3.2
>            Reporter: John Hunsley
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: CollectionFilter.java
>
>
> I purpose extending the MultiHashMap to create an object filter which will filter a given collection of objects by a given field value.
> For example:
> I have a collection of 5 objects of class X. X has an int field i as shown below:
> x1 i = 1
> x2 i = 2
> x3 i = 2
> x4 i = 5
> x5 i = 5
> The extended MultiHashMap will filter those objects by the field i and store each sorted object into the map using the value of the field, i, as the key, such that the resulting MultiHashMap looks as follows:
> key | values
> 1     | x1
> 2     | x2, x3
> 5     | x4, x5
> I have a class which does this and I find it invaluable in my day to day work. I don't Collections has a similar one.
> Kind regards,
> John.

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