org.apache.commons.collections

Interface BoundedMap

public interface BoundedMap extends Map

Defines a map that is bounded in size.

The size of the map can vary, but it can never exceed a preset maximum number of elements. This interface allows the querying of details associated with the maximum number of elements.

Since: Commons Collections 3.0

Version: $Revision: 155406 $ $Date: 2005-02-26 12:55:26 +0000 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $

Author: Stephen Colebourne

Method Summary
booleanisFull()
Returns true if this map is full and no new elements can be added.
intmaxSize()
Gets the maximum size of the map (the bound).

Method Detail

isFull

public boolean isFull()
Returns true if this map is full and no new elements can be added.

Returns: true if the map is full

maxSize

public int maxSize()
Gets the maximum size of the map (the bound).

Returns: the maximum number of elements the map can hold

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