[collections] Map decorator for lists available?

[Christian Mahnke <ma...@sub.uni-goettingen.de>]

Hello,
I've got a quick question:
I've got a java.util.List of objects and want to add metadata about the 
collection of objects to this list, the most suitable approach would be 
something mimicking a  java.util.Map. Is the some sort of functionality 
in Commons Collection to archive this?

I've thought about something like this:

List l = getListOfFileLikeObjects();
MapListChimera mlc = new MapListChimera(l);
mlc.put("owner", "system");


Background:
The objects in the list describe various characteristics of a file (eg. 
local and remote file name). I want to add informations about the 
complete set of files contained in the list, like size, owner etc.

Or am I on the wrong tracks?

Best,
Christian

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