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/*
* Copyright (C) 2007 Google Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
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package com.google.common.collect;
import com.google.common.base.Nullable;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* A {@code Multimap} that can hold duplicate key-value pairs and that maintains
* the insertion ordering of values for a given key.
*
* The {@link #get}, {@link #removeAll}, and {@link #replaceValues} methods
* each return a {@link List} of values. Though the method signature doesn't say
* so explicitly, the map returned by {@link #asMap} has {@code List} values.
*
* @author Jared Levy
*/
public interface ListMultimap extends Multimap {
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*
* Because the values for a given key may have duplicates and follow the
* insertion ordering, this method returns a {@link List}, instead of the
* {@link java.util.Collection} specified in the {@link Multimap} interface.
*/
List get(@Nullable K key);
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*
* Because the values for a given key may have duplicates and follow the
* insertion ordering, this method returns a {@link List}, instead of the
* {@link java.util.Collection} specified in the {@link Multimap} interface.
*/
List removeAll(@Nullable Object key);
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*
* Because the values for a given key may have duplicates and follow the
* insertion ordering, this method returns a {@link List}, instead of the
* {@link java.util.Collection} specified in the {@link Multimap} interface.
*/
List replaceValues(K key, Iterable values);
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*
* Though the method signature doesn't say so explicitly, the returned map
* has {@link List} values.
*/
Map> asMap();
/**
* Compares the specified object to this multimap for equality.
*
* Two {@code ListMultimap} instances are equal if, for each key, they
* contain the same values in the same order. If the value orderings disagree,
* the multimaps will not be considered equal.
*/
boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj);
}