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* Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Alfresco Software Limited.
*
* This file is part of Alfresco
*
* Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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*
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*
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*/
package org.alfresco.repo.transaction;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
/**
* Helper class that will look up or create transactional resources.
* This shortcuts some of the "if not existing, then create" code.
*
* @author Derek Hulley
* @since 3.2
*/
public abstract class TransactionalResourceHelper
{
/**
* Support method to retrieve or create and bind a HashMap to the current transaction.
*
* @param the map key type
* @param the map value type
* @param resourceKey the key under which the resource will be stored
* @return Returns an previously-bound Map or else a newly-bound HashMap
*/
public static final Map getMap(Object resourceKey)
{
Map map = AlfrescoTransactionSupport.