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 union(matches, root, cwd):
    """Union a list of matchers.

    If the list is empty, return nevermatcher.
    If the list only contains one non-None value, return that matcher.
    Otherwise return a union matcher.
    """
    matches = list(filter(None, matches))
    if len(matches) == 0:
        return nevermatcher(root, cwd)
    elif len(matches) == 1:
        return matches[0]
    else:
        return unionmatcher(matches)