Allow Object when doing lookups.

sdk/lib/core/map.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2011, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 part of dart.core;
 
 /**
  * A [Map] is an associative container, mapping a key to a value.
  * Null values are supported, but null keys are not.
  */
 abstract class Map<K, V> {
   /**
    * Creates a map with the default implementation.
    */
   factory Map() => new HashMap<K, V>();
 
   /**
    * Creates a [Map] that contains all key value pairs of [other].
    */
   factory Map.from(Map<K, V> other) => new HashMap<K, V>.from(other);
 
 
   /**
    * Returns whether this map contains the given [value].
    */
-  bool containsValue(V value);
+  bool containsValue(Object value);
 
   /**
    * Returns whether this map contains the given [key].
    */
-  bool containsKey(K key);
+  bool containsKey(Object key);
 
   /**
    * Returns the value for the given [key] or null if [key] is not
    * in the map. Because null values are supported, one should either
    * use containsKey to distinguish between an absent key and a null
    * value, or use the [putIfAbsent] method.
    */
-  V operator [](K key);
+  V operator [](Object key);
 
   /**
    * Associates the [key] with the given [value].
    */
   void operator []=(K key, V value);
 
   /**
    * If [key] is not associated to a value, calls [ifAbsent] and
    * updates the map by mapping [key] to the value returned by
    * [ifAbsent]. Returns the value in the map.
    *
    * It is an error to add or remove keys from map during the call to
    * [ifAbsent].
    */
   V putIfAbsent(K key, V ifAbsent());
 
   /**
    * Removes the association for the given [key]. Returns the value for
    * [key] in the map or null if [key] is not in the map. Note that values
    * can be null and a returned null value does not always imply that the
    * key is absent.
    */
-  V remove(K key);
+  V remove(Object key);
 
   /**
    * Removes all pairs from the map.
    */
   void clear();
 
   /**
    * Applies [f] to each {key, value} pair of the map.
    *
    * It is an error to add or remove keys from the map during iteration.
    */
   void forEach(void f(K key, V value));
 
   /**
    * The keys of [this].
    */
   // TODO(floitsch): this should return a [Set].

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen, 2013/04/24 09:11:18]

Remove TODO? I doubt we'll do it, as it would be backed by the map.

[floitsch, 2013/06/17 18:25:34]

Done.

   Iterable<K> get keys;
 
   /**
    * The values of [this].
    */
   Iterable<V> get values;
 
   /**
    * The number of {key, value} pairs in the map.
    */
   int get length;
 
   /**
    * Returns true if there is no {key, value} pair in the map.
    */
   bool get isEmpty;
 }