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- /*
- * @(#)Dictionary.java 1.1 95/08/07
- *
- * Copyright (c) 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
- * documentation for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes and without fee is hereby
- * granted provided that this copyright notice appears in all copies. Please
- * refer to the file "copyright.html" for further important copyright and
- * licensing information.
- *
- * SUN MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE
- * SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
- * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
- * OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SUN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY
- * LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING THIS SOFTWARE OR
- * ITS DERIVATIVES.
- */
-
- package java.util;
-
- /**
- * The Dictionary class is the abstract parent of Hashtable, which maps
- * keys to values. Any object can be used as a key and/or value.
- *
- * @see java.util.Hashtable
- * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode
- * @see java.lang.Object#equals
- * @version 1.1, 07 Aug 1995
- */
- public abstract
- class Dictionary {
- /**
- * Returns the number of elements contained within the Dictionary.
- */
- abstract public int size();
-
- /**
- * Returns true if the Dictionary contains no elements.
- */
- abstract public boolean isEmpty();
-
- /**
- * Returns an enumeration of the Dictionary's keys.
- * @see Dictionary#elements
- * @see Enumeration
- */
- abstract public Enumeration keys();
-
- /**
- * Returns an enumeration of the elements. Use the Enumeration methods
- * on the returned object to fetch the elements sequentially.
- * @see Dictionary#keys
- * @see Enumeration
- */
- abstract public Enumeration elements();
-
- /**
- * Gets the object associated with the specified key in the Dictionary.
- * @param key the key in the hash table
- * @returns the element for the key, or null if the key
- * is not defined in the hash table.
- * @see Dictionary#put
- */
- abstract public Object get(Object key);
-
- /**
- * Puts the specified element into the Dictionary, using the specified
- * key. The element may be retrieved by doing a get() with the same
- * key. The key and the element cannot be null.
- * @param key the specified hashtable key
- * @param value the specified element
- * @return the old value of the key, or null if it did not have one.
- * @exception NullPointerException If the value of the specified
- * element is null.
- * @see Dictionary#get
- */
- abstract public Object put(Object key, Object value);
-
- /**
- * Removes the element corresponding to the key. Does nothing if the
- * key is not present.
- * @param key the key that needs to be removed
- * @return the value of key, or null if the key was not found.
- */
- abstract public Object remove(Object key);
- }
-
-