def init(cls, typ, class2type):
        """
        Defines custom fields in the value factory so that the importer can find them
        @param typ
        @param class2type
        """
        field = typ.getField(cls.FIELD_NAME)
        class2type.put( StrStrHashMap , typ )
        typ.setComponentType( StrStrHashMap )
        typ.setImportExportHelper( StrStrHashMapSerializer(typ, field))
        typ.putValidator(field, Validator_object.get(1))
        typ.lock()
def values(cls, dataset, dim, expanded=True, flat=True, compute=True,
               keep_index=False):
        dim = dataset.get_dimension(dim, strict=True)
        data = dataset.data[dim.name]
        if not expanded:
            data = data.unique()
            return data.values_host if compute else data.values
        elif keep_index:
            return data
        elif compute:
            return data.values_host
        try:
            return data.values
        except Exception:
            return data.values_host