luaforwindows/files/lua/pl/MultiMap.lua

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--- MultiMap, a Map which has multiple values per key.
--
-- Dependencies: `pl.utils`, `pl.class`, `pl.tablex`, `pl.List`
-- @module pl.MultiMap
local classes = require 'pl.class'
local tablex = require 'pl.tablex'
local utils = require 'pl.utils'
local List = require 'pl.List'
local index_by,tsort,concat = tablex.index_by,table.sort,table.concat
local append,extend,slice = List.append,List.extend,List.slice
local append = table.insert
local is_type = utils.is_type
local class = require 'pl.class'
local Map = require 'pl.Map'
-- MultiMap is a standard MT
local MultiMap = utils.stdmt.MultiMap
class(Map,nil,MultiMap)
MultiMap._name = 'MultiMap'
function MultiMap:_init (t)
if not t then return end
self:update(t)
end
--- update a MultiMap using a table.
-- @param t either a Multimap or a map-like table.
-- @return the map
function MultiMap:update (t)
utils.assert_arg(1,t,'table')
if Map:class_of(t) then
for k,v in pairs(t) do
self[k] = List()
self[k]:append(v)
end
else
for k,v in pairs(t) do
self[k] = List(v)
end
end
end
--- add a new value to a key. Setting a nil value removes the key.
-- @param key the key
-- @param val the value
-- @return the map
function MultiMap:set (key,val)
if val == nil then
self[key] = nil
else
if not self[key] then
self[key] = List()
end
self[key]:append(val)
end
end
return MultiMap