[jira] [Comment Edited] (COLLECTIONS-461) splitmap.TransformedMap is not really a Map

["Matt Benson (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Matt Benson edited comment on COLLECTIONS-461 at 5/14/13 7:20 PM:
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Hrm... close, what about:
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 * NOTE: in the original {@link Map} interface, {@link Map#put(Object, Object)} is known to have the same
 * return type as {@link Map#get(Object)}, namely {@code V}.  {@link Put} makes no assumptions in this
 * regard (there is no association with, nor even knowledge of, a "reading" interface) and thus defines
 * {@link #put(Object, Object)} as returning {@link Object}.
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      was (Author: mbenson):
    Hrm... close, what about:
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 * NOTE: in the original {@link Map} interface, {@link Map#put(Object, Object)} is known to have the same
 * return type as {@link Map#get(Object)}, namely {@code V}.  {@link Put} makes no assumptions in this regard
 * (there is no association with, nor even knowledge of, a "reading" interface) and thus defines
 * {@link #put(Object, Object)} as returning {@link Object}.
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> splitmap.TransformedMap is not really a Map
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>
>                 Key: COLLECTIONS-461
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COLLECTIONS-461
>             Project: Commons Collections
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Sebb
>             Fix For: 4.x
>
>
> splitmap.TransformedMap is part of the Get/Put hierarchy, but it does not behave like a proper Java Map. 
> In particular, java.util.Map.put(K, V) returns V.
> However the collections Put interface returns Object.
> As far as I can tell, this was done in order to be able to include TransformedMap in the hiearchy. But the side effect is to break the generics for all the non-transformer maps in the hierarchy.
> Maybe there should be a separate PutTransformed interface which has the appropriate generic types, i.e.
> public T put(K key, V value)

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