Cross Reference: /openjdk7/jdk/src/share/classes/java/util/Dictionary.java

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31  * Every key and every value is an object. In any one <tt>Dictionary</tt>
32  * object, every key is associated with at most one value. Given a
33  * <tt>Dictionary</tt> and a key, the associated element can be looked up.
34  * Any non-<code>null</code> object can be used as a key and as a value.
100      * Returns the value to which the key is mapped in this dictionary.
102      * dictionary contains an entry for the specified key, the associated
105      * @return  the value to which the key is mapped in this dictionary;
106      * @param   key   a key in this dictionary.
107      *          <code>null</code> if the key is not mapped to any value in
109      * @exception NullPointerException if the <tt>key</tt> is <tt>null</tt>.
112     abstract public V get(Object key);
115      * Maps the specified <code>key</code> to the specified
116      * <code>value</code> in this dictionary. Neither the key nor the
120      * <tt>key</tt>, the value already in this dictionary for that
121      * <tt>key</tt> is returned, after modifying the entry to contain the
123      *  for the specified <tt>key</tt>, an entry is created for the
124      *  specified <tt>key</tt> and <tt>value</tt>, and <tt>null</tt> is
128      * <code>get</code> method with a <code>key</code> that is equal to
129      * the original <code>key</code>.
131      * @param      key     the hashtable key.
133      * @return     the previous value to which the <code>key</code> was mapped
134      *             in this dictionary, or <code>null</code> if the key did not
136      * @exception  NullPointerException  if the <code>key</code> or
141     abstract public V put(K key, V value);
144      * Removes the <code>key</code> (and its corresponding
146      * if the <code>key</code> is not in this dictionary.
148      * @param   key   the key that needs to be removed.
149      * @return  the value to which the <code>key</code> had been mapped in this
150      *          dictionary, or <code>null</code> if the key did not have a
152      * @exception NullPointerException if <tt>key</tt> is <tt>null</tt>.
154     abstract public V remove(Object key);