/**
* Returns the keys for the values in the collection
*
* @return The keys (never null)
* @author Klaus Meffert
* @since 2.3
*/
public List getKeys() {
final List result = new java.util.ArrayList();
final Iterator iterator = m_data.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
final KeyedValue kv = (KeyedValue) iterator.next();
result.add(kv.getKey());
}
return result;
}
/**
* @return clone of the current instance
* @author Klaus Meffert
* @since 2.3
*/
public Object clone() {
try {
final KeyedValues clone = (KeyedValues) super.clone();
clone.m_data = Collections.synchronizedList(new ArrayList());
final Iterator iterator = m_data.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
final KeyedValue kv = (KeyedValue) iterator.next();
clone.m_data.add(kv.clone());
}
return clone;
} catch (CloneNotSupportedException cex) {
throw new CloneException(cex);
}
}
/**
* @param a_key the key to search for
* @return index for a given key or -1 if the key is not found
* @author Klaus Meffert
* @since 2.3
*/
public int getIndex(final Comparable a_key) {
int i = 0;
final Iterator iterator = m_data.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
final KeyedValue kv = (KeyedValue) iterator.next();
if (kv.getKey() != null) {
if (kv.getKey().equals(a_key)) {
return i;
}
} else {
if (a_key == null) {
return i;
}
}
i++;
}
// key not found
return -1;
}
