Source of DictionaryInterface.java

Structures and functions

  1: import java.util.Iterator;
  2: /**
  3:    An interface for a dictionary with distinct search keys.
  4:    @author Frank M. Carrano
  5:    @author Timothy M. Henry
  6:    @version 5.0
  7: */
  8: public interface DictionaryInterface<K, V>
  9: {  // See Segment 20.4 for a commented version.
 10:    public V add(K key, V value);
 11:    public V remove(K key);
 12:    public V getValue(K key);
 13:    public boolean contains(K key);
 14:    public Iterator<K> getKeyIterator();
 15:    public Iterator<V> getValueIterator();
 16:    public boolean isEmpty();
 17:    public int getSize();
 18:    public void clear();
 19: } // end DictionaryInterface