1 package it.unimi.dsi.fastutil; 2 3 /* 4 * fastutil: Fast & compact type-specific collections for Java 5 * 6 * Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Sebastiano Vigna 7 * 8 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 9 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 10 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 11 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 12 * 13 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 14 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 15 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 16 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 17 * 18 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 19 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 20 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 21 * 22 */ 23 24 /** A class providing static methods and objects that do useful things with maps. 25 * 26 * @see java.util.Collections 27 */ 28 29 public class Maps { 30 31 private Maps() {} 32 33 /** A standard default return value to be used in maps contaning <code>null</code> values. 34 * @deprecated Since fastutil 5.0, the introduction of generics 35 * makes this object pretty useless. 36 */ 37 38 @Deprecated 39 public static final Object MISSING = new Object(); 40 } 41