Java tutorial
import java.util.Map; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Iterator; import java.lang.reflect.Method; import org.apache.commons.collections.Bag; import org.apache.commons.collections.bag.HashBag; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtils; import org.apache.commons.beanutils.PropertyUtils; import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils; public class TasteOfThingsV1 { private static Map testMap; private static TestBean testBean; public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { prepareData(); HashBag myBag = new HashBag(testMap.values()); System.err.println("How many Boxes? " + myBag.getCount("Boxes")); myBag.add("Boxes", 5); System.err.println("How many Boxes now? " + myBag.getCount("Boxes")); Method method = testBean.getClass().getDeclaredMethod("getTestMap", new Class[0]); HashMap reflectionMap = (HashMap)method.invoke(testBean, new Object[0]); System.err.println("The value of the 'squ' key using reflection: " + reflectionMap.get("squ")); String squ = BeanUtils.getMappedProperty(testBean, "testMap", "squ"); squ = StringUtils.capitalize(squ); PropertyUtils.setMappedProperty(testBean, "testMap", "squ", squ); System.err.println("The value of the 'squ' key is: " + BeanUtils.getMappedProperty(testBean, "testMap", "squ")); String box = (String)testMap.get("box"); String caps = Character.toTitleCase(box.charAt(0)) + box.substring(1, box.length()); System.err.println("Capitalizing boxes by Java: " + caps); } private static void prepareData() { testMap = new HashMap(); testMap.put("box", "boxes"); testMap.put("squ", "squares"); testMap.put("rect", "rectangles"); testMap.put("cir", "circles"); testBean = new TestBean(); testBean.setTestMap(testMap); } } ------------------------------------------------------------------ import java.util.Map; import java.util.HashMap; public class TestBean { private Map testMap; public Map getTestMap() { return this.testMap; } public void setTestMap(Map testMap) { this.testMap = testMap; } }