IMapDiff (FORMCYCLE: BOM 7.0.5 API)

Type Parameters:

K - Type of the map's keys.

V - Type of the map's values.

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

MapDiff
```
public interface IMapDiff<K,V>
extends Serializable
```
Represents the different between two Maps, i.e. when comparing two maps m1 and m2, which keys were removed, which keys were added, and which values were changed.

Since:

7.0.0

Author:

XIMA MEDIA GmbH

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static interface IMapDiff.IModifiedValue<V>
Represents a value that was changed, used by getModifiedEntries().

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`applyBackward(Map<K,V> map)`	Applies the diff represented by this instance to the given map.
`void`	`applyForward(Map<K,V> map)`	Applies the diff represented by this instance to the given map.
`Map<K,V>`	`getAddedEntries()`
`Map<K,IMapDiff.IModifiedValue<V>>`	`getModifiedEntries()`
`Map<K,V>`	`getRemovedEntries()`

- Method Detail
  - applyBackward
```
void applyBackward(Map<K,V> map)
```
    Applies the diff represented by this instance to the given map. If this is called on the map new map used to create the diff, this method turns it into the old map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    map - Map to modify.
  - applyForward
```
void applyForward(Map<K,V> map)
```
    Applies the diff represented by this instance to the given map. If this is called on the map old map used to create the diff, this method turns it into the new map.
    
    Parameters:
    
    map - Map to modify.
  - getAddedEntries
```
Map<K,V> getAddedEntries()
```
    Returns:
    
    A map with the keys of the newly added entries, and the new value for each key.
  - getModifiedEntries
```
Map<K,IMapDiff.IModifiedValue<V>> getModifiedEntries()
```
    Returns:
    
    A map with the keys of the modified entries, together with the old and new value for each key.
  - getRemovedEntries
```
Map<K,V> getRemovedEntries()
```
    Returns:
    
    A map with the keys of the removed entries, and the old value for each key.