Name: rmT116609 Date: 10/23/2003


A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
I want to be able to have an ordered map, where the map is ordered using a specific Comparator on the values.

*** This different from Map interface:
1. It can hold a Comparator.
2. The iterators on the KeySet, ValueSet and EntrySet will return entries in the correct order of the values (not keys).

*** This is different from SortedMap interface:
1. The Comparator works on values, not on keys.
2. The get(), put() and contains() method still work using equals and hashCode.


While this new suggested type has a Comparator and sorting concept, it still looks more like a Map, not SortedMap.






JUSTIFICATION :
In order to hold a Map with other than random order.
In this respect, SortedMap is something else.

Also, refer to BUG ID: 4229181.

(Incident Review ID: 200727)
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