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+/*
+ * $Header: /home/jerenkrantz/tmp/commons/commons-convert/cvs/home/cvs/jakarta-commons//collections/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/map/AbstractOrderedMapDecorator.java,v 1.1 2003/11/20 22:33:54 scolebourne Exp $
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
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+package org.apache.commons.collections.map;
+
+import org.apache.commons.collections.iterators.MapIterator;
+import org.apache.commons.collections.iterators.OrderedMapIterator;
+
+/** 
+ * Provides a base decorator that enables additional functionality to be added
+ * to an OrderedMap via decoration.
+ * <p>
+ * Methods are forwarded directly to the decorated map.
+ * <p>
+ * This implementation does not perform any special processing with the map views.
+ * Instead it simply returns the set/collection from the wrapped map. This may be
+ * undesirable, for example if you are trying to write a validating implementation
+ * it would provide a loophole around the validation.
+ * But, you might want that loophole, so this class is kept simple.
+ *
+ * @since Commons Collections 3.0
+ * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2003/11/20 22:33:54 $
+ * 
+ * @author Stephen Colebourne
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractOrderedMapDecorator extends AbstractMapDecorator implements OrderedMap {
+    
+    /**
+     * Constructor that wraps (not copies).
+     *
+     * @param map  the map to decorate, must not be null
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the collection is null
+     */
+    public AbstractOrderedMapDecorator(OrderedMap map) {
+        super(map);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the map being decorated.
+     * 
+     * @return the decorated map
+     */
+    protected OrderedMap getOrderedMap() {
+        return (OrderedMap) map;
+    }
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    public Object firstKey() {
+        return getOrderedMap().firstKey();
+    }
+
+    public Object lastKey() {
+        return getOrderedMap().lastKey();
+    }
+
+    public Object nextKey(Object key) {
+        return getOrderedMap().nextKey(key);
+    }
+
+    public Object previousKey(Object key) {
+        return getOrderedMap().previousKey(key);
+    }
+
+    public MapIterator mapIterator() {
+        return getOrderedMap().mapIterator();
+    }
+
+    public OrderedMapIterator orderedMapIterator() {
+        return getOrderedMap().orderedMapIterator();
+    }
+
+}