source: trunk/gsdl3/src/java/org/greenstone/gsdl3/util/DBInfo.java@ 9874

package org.greenstone.gsdl3.util;

import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Set;
/** class to hold info from a gdbm (or equiv) query
 * maps a String key to a list of Strings (values)
 * at the moment, the user must know if something has a single value or not
 */
public class DBInfo {

    protected HashMap info_map_;

    public DBInfo() {
    info_map_ = new HashMap();
    }

    // methods for keys that can have a single value

    /** set the value for a key - replaces any existing value */
    public void setInfo(String key, String value) {
    Vector v = new Vector();
    v.add(value);
    info_map_.put(key, v);
    }

    /** get the value - used for keys that have one value, otherwise just
     * returns the first one */
    public String getInfo(String key) {
    Vector items = (Vector)info_map_.get(key);
    if (items==null) {
        return "";
    }
    return (String)items.firstElement();
    }

    // methods for keys that can have multiple values
    
    /** add a value to a key - for keys that can have multiple values */
    public void addInfo(String key, String value) {
    Vector v = (Vector)info_map_.get(key);
    if (v==null) {
        v = new Vector();
    }
    v.add(value);
    info_map_.put(key, v);
    }
    /** return a vector of all values associated with a key 
     * @return Vector of Strings
     */
    public Vector getMultiInfo(String key) {
    return (Vector)info_map_.get(key);
    }

    /** returns a list of all the keys in the info */
    public Set getKeys() {
    return info_map_.keySet();
    }
    /** returns the Info as a string */
    public String toString() {
    return info_map_.toString();

    }
}