I have smal issue with hashp map,
if I do myHashMap.remove(“abc”);

it removes the value but leaves the key its not even nulling it, it is extremly strange because when I do:
Alert(myHashMap.size()); // returns 2)
myHashMap.remove(“abc”);/
Alert(myHashMap.size()); // returns 1) so it sounds like it removes it

but in :

for each ( var myObj:MyValueObject in myHashMap){
myObj.mymethod // throws Null Pointer Exception

}

after I debug I see following inside myHashMap

it has two keys but one of the keys value is null.what am I doing wrong?

I got the utils.swc from here,about 3 weeks ago probably it was wrong version. anyways I just grabbed source now and build it from source to make sure , I will test delete, (I had to modify code to not use remove so I will go back and try with remove again)

I have also added one api Method – I needed “putAll” (not sure if its any use but will paste it here anyways )

/**
*
* Adds (appends) a hashMap contend to *this* existing HashMap
* if Null or HashMap size of 0 is passed it does nothing
* NOTE: Order of Apended HashMap content is not predictable.
*
* @param the HashMap to add to this HashMap
* @param the forceUpdate Boolean to force it to override
* value in *This* Object,if key for that value, matches with key of parameter HashMap.
* @return Number of Items added to the HashMap
*/
public function putAll(_newMap:IMap, _forceUpdate:Boolean=false) : int {
var _counter:int=0;
if(_newMap!==null && _newMap.size()>0){
for (var prop:String in _newMap) {
if (!this.containsKey(prop) || _forceUpdate){
this[prop] = _newMap[prop];
_counter++;
}
}
}

return _counter;
}

further investigations
while for each does not work(strange it used to work before).
but if I loop this way (it works)
Alert.show(defaultRoleRegistry.size()+”

NOTE:: changing API from IS a to Has a introduced small inconvenience, problem is that now hashmap is impossible to debug, because it has no public properties, and debugger cant read methods, I would say changing getKeys api method (in IMAP) to function get keys and getValues method to function get values will take care of the problem, otherwise cant debug hashmap.

nice tip,it does show internal map variable now, I never thought that option would be buried there, I guess thats also default in java debugger,