README.md

map-utils

This Java library contains the API to

• Sort a map

  • Sort on custom keys if the map has a list of objects

• Get the list of all the properties in a Map

• Get the list of all the paths in a Map

• Update map by specifying the path of the element in the map and its value

  • Examples
    • friends[{name=Lenna Paprocki}].associatedAddresses[{state=TX}, {city=Irving}].street
      • In the above example, you can set the street field on the associatedAddresses object that has state as TX and city as Irving. Also when this associatedAddresses belongs to a friend whose name field s the value of Lenna Paprocki.
    • friends[{name=Lenna Paprocki}].associatedAddresses[{state=TX}].city"
      • In the above example, you can set the street field on the associatedAddresses object that has state as TX. Also when this associatedAddresses belongs to a friend whose name field s the value of Lenna Paprocki.
    • friends[2].associatedAddresses[5].city
      • In this you are setting the city of the 6th associatedAddresses of the 3rd friend.
    • friends[].associatedAddresses[5].city
      • In this you are setting the city of the 6th associatedAddresses of the first (default) friend in the list.

• Create Map from

  • String
  • Java File object
  • Also from a custom model objects