Is there any kind of native map implementation in delphi 6 (map keys to values and objects) - the internet has been of no help so far. I just got a delphi project dumped on my, my background is c++ and java, and the previous dev of the delphi project does all the searching linearly.
Thanks.
The Jedi Code Library contains some advanced container classes. Interfaces are declared in JclContainerIntf.pas, for example:
IJclMap = interface(IJclContainer)
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procedure Clear;
function ContainsKey(Key: TObject): Boolean;
function ContainsValue(Value: TObject): Boolean;
function Extract(Key: TObject): TObject;
function GetValue(Key: TObject): TObject;
function IsEmpty: Boolean;
function KeyOfValue(Value: TObject): TObject;
function KeySet: IJclSet;
function MapEquals(const AMap: IJclMap): Boolean;
procedure PutAll(const AMap: IJclMap);
procedure PutValue(Key, Value: TObject);
function Remove(Key: TObject): TObject;
function Size: Integer;
function Values: IJclCollection;
property Items[Key: TObject]: TObject read GetValue write PutValue;
{$IFNDEF BUGGY_DEFAULT_INDEXED_PROP} default; {$ENDIF ~BUGGY_DEFAULT_INDEXED_PROP}
end;