org.jasig.portal.services.persondir.support.merger
Class MultivaluedAttributeMerger

java.lang.Object
  org.jasig.portal.services.persondir.support.merger.MultivaluedAttributeMerger

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAttributeMerger

public class MultivaluedAttributeMerger
extends java.lang.Object
implements IAttributeMerger

Merger that retains values from both maps. If a value exists for a key in both maps the following is done:

• If both maps have a List they are merged into a single List
• If one map has a List and the other a single value the value is added to the List
• If both maps have a single value a List is created from the two.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2004/12/14 03:12:19 $

Author:

Eric Dalquist edalquist@unicon.net

Constructor Summary

MultivaluedAttributeMerger()

Method Summary

java.util.Map

mergeAttributes(java.util.Map dest, java.util.Map source) Please note that the dest map is modified.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MultivaluedAttributeMerger

public MultivaluedAttributeMerger()

Method Detail

mergeAttributes

public java.util.Map mergeAttributes(java.util.Map dest,
                                     java.util.Map source)

Please note that the dest map is modified.

Specified by:

mergeAttributes in interface IAttributeMerger

Parameters:

dest - - modify this map

source - - in consideration of this map

Returns:

the modified Map

See Also:

IAttributeMerger.mergeAttributes(java.util.Map, java.util.Map)