[VELOCITY-755] Maps should be stored in the order they are defined

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.2
• Fix Version/s: 1.7, 2.0
• Component/s: Engine
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Canny
• Created: 28/Feb/10 15:30
• Updated: 07/Jan/18 15:41
• Resolved: 28/Mar/10 18:58

Description

If you create a map with Velocity like: #set( $monkey.Map =

{"banana" : "good", "roast beef" : "bad"}

) the elements are not stored in the order they are defined. So I think a HashMap implemention is used for the map creation. It would be great if you switch over to a LinkedHashMap implementation, because you get a lot of benefits if you are heavy maps in your templates and the order is important.