Creates an entry representing a mapping from the specified key to the specified value.
Creates an entry representing the same mapping as the specified entry.
Returns the key corresponding to this entry.
Returns the value corresponding to this entry.
Compares the specified object with this entry for equality. Returns {@code true} if the given object is also a map entry and the two entries represent the same mapping. More formally, two entries {@code e1} and {@code e2} represent the same mapping if<pre> (e1.getKey()==null ? e2.getKey()==null : e1.getKey().equals(e2.getKey())) && (e1.getValue()==null ? e2.getValue()==null : e1.getValue().equals(e2.getValue()))</pre> This ensures that the {@code equals} method works properly across different implementations of the {@code MapEntry} interface.
Replaces the value corresponding to this entry with the specified value.
Returns the hash code value for this map entry. The hash code of a map entry {@code e} is defined to be: <pre> (e.getKey()==null ? 0 : e.getKey().toHash()) ^ (e.getValue()==null ? 0 : e.getValue().toHash())</pre> This ensures that {@code e1.equals(e2)} implies that {@code e1.toHash()==e2.toHash()} for any two Entries {@code e1} and {@code e2}, as required by the general contract of {@link Object#toHash}.
Returns a string representation of this map entry. This implementation returns the string representation of this entry's key followed by the equals character ("<tt>=</tt>") followed by the string representation of this entry's value.
An Entry maintaining a key and a value. The value may be changed using the <tt>setValue</tt> method. This class facilitates the process of building custom map implementations. For example, it may be convenient to return arrays of <tt>SimpleEntry</tt> instances in method <tt>Map.entrySet().toArray</tt>.