javax.script
Interface Bindings

All Superinterfaces:

java.util.Map

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleBindings

public interface Bindings
extends java.util.Map

Namespace is an interface which exposes a collectoin of key-value pairs.

Author:

Nandika Jayawardana , Sanka Samaranayake

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface java.util.Map

java.util.Map.Entry

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	put(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object value) Associates the specified value with the specified key in a java.util.Map.
void	putAll(java.util.Map toMerge) Copies all of the mappings from the specified map to this map.

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

clear, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, remove, size, values

Method Detail

put

java.lang.Object put(java.lang.Object key,
                     java.lang.Object value)
                     throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Associates the specified value with the specified key in a java.util.Map. If the map previously contained a mapping for this key, the old value is replaced.

Specified by:

put in interface java.util.Map

Parameters:

key - the String value which uniquely identifies the object

value - the object to be stored.

Returns:

The old value

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the key is null not an instance of java.lang.String

putAll

void putAll(java.util.Map toMerge)
            throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Copies all of the mappings from the specified map to this map. These mappings will replace any mappings that this map had for any of the keys currently in the specified map.

Specified by:

putAll in interface java.util.Map

Parameters:

toMerge - mappings to be stored in the map.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if a key is null or is not an instance of java.lang.String