--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/Map.m	Wed Feb 08 09:18:08 2017 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+classdef Map < handle
+    properties
+        map
+    end
+
+    % can we support multi map using varargin?
+    % probably a bad idea. For example it complicates keys();
+
+    methods
+        function obj = Map()
+            obj.map = containers.Map();
+        end
+
+        function set(obj, k, v)
+            keyByteStream = getByteStreamFromArray(k);
+
+            obj.map(char(keyByteStream)) = v;
+        end
+
+        function v = get(obj, k)
+            keyByteStream = getByteStreamFromArray(k);
+
+            v = obj.map(char(keyByteStream));
+        end
+
+        function b = isKey(obj, k)
+            keyByteStream = getByteStreamFromArray(k);
+            b = obj.map.isKey(char(keyByteStream));
+        end
+
+        function c = keys(obj)
+            keyByteStreams = obj.map.keys;
+
+            n = length(keyByteStreams);
+
+            c = cell(1, n);
+            for i = 1:n
+                c{i} = getArrayFromByteStream(uint8(keyByteStreams{i}));
+            end
+        end
+
+        function l = length(obj)
+            l = obj.map.length;
+        end
+
+        function remove(obj, k)
+            keyByteStream = getByteStreamFromArray(k);
+            obj.map.remove(char(keyByteStream));
+        end
+
+        function s = size(obj)
+            s = obj.map.size;
+        end
+
+        function c = values(obj)
+            c = obj.map.values;
+        end
+
+        function v = subsref(obj, S)
+            switch S(1).type
+                case '()'
+                    k = S.subs{1};
+                    try
+                        v = get(obj, k);
+                    catch ME
+                        if strcmp(ME.identifier,'MATLAB:Containers:Map:NoKey')
+                            error('Reference to non-existent entry %s',toString(S.subs));
+                        else
+                            throw(ME);
+                        end
+                    end
+                otherwise
+                    try
+                        v = builtin('subsref', obj, S);
+                    catch e
+                        error('You can''t use dot notation for this because Matlab(TM). What is this piece of shit software anyway?')
+                    end
+            end
+        end
+
+        function obj = subsasgn(obj, S, v);
+            switch S(1).type
+                case '()'
+                    k = S.subs{1};
+                    set(obj, k, v);
+                otherwise
+                    error('You can''t use dot notation because Matlab(TM). What is this piece of shit software anyway?')
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end