wt.fc.collections
Interface WTValuedMap.WTValuedEntry

All Superinterfaces:

Map.Entry, WTKeyedMap.WTEntry

All Known Implementing Classes:

WTValuedHashMap.DefaultWTValuedEntry

Enclosing interface:

WTValuedMap

public static interface WTValuedMap.WTValuedEntry

extends WTKeyedMap.WTEntry

Allows access to the value in this entry as either a Persistable, WTReference, or QueryKey.

Method Summary

Persistable	getValueAsPersistable() Get a Persistable view of this entry's value.
QueryKey	getValueAsQueryKey() Get a QueryKey view of this entry's value.
WTReference	getValueAsReference() Get a WTReference view of this entry's value.

Methods inherited from interface wt.fc.collections.WTKeyedMap.WTEntry

getKeyAsPersistable, getKeyAsQueryKey, getKeyAsReference, getPersistable, getQueryKey, getReference

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map.Entry

equals, getKey, getValue, hashCode, setValue

Method Detail

getValueAsPersistable

public Persistable getValueAsPersistable()
                                  throws WTException

Get a Persistable view of this entry's value. If the value does not have a an inflated Persistable, the underlying values will be inflated.

Returns:

The persistable or null

Throws:

WTException

getValueAsQueryKey

public QueryKey getValueAsQueryKey()

Get a QueryKey view of this entry's value. If the value is not persisted, return null

Returns:

The querykey or null

getValueAsReference

public WTReference getValueAsReference()

Get a WTReference view of this entry's value.

Returns:

A WTReference to the value