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/*
* Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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package com.google.common.collect;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
import java.util.Map;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
/**
* A map, each entry of which maps a Java raw type to an
* instance of that type. In addition to implementing {@code Map}, the additional type-safe
* operations {@link #putInstance} and {@link #getInstance} are available.
*
* Like any other {@code Map}, this map may contain entries for primitive types,
* and a primitive type and its corresponding wrapper type may map to different values.
*
* See the Guava User Guide article on {@code
* ClassToInstanceMap}.
*
*
To map a generic type to an instance of that type, use {@link
* com.google.common.reflect.TypeToInstanceMap} instead.
*
* @param the common supertype that all entries must share; often this is simply {@link Object}
* @author Kevin Bourrillion
* @since 2.0
*/
@GwtCompatible
public interface ClassToInstanceMap extends Map, B> {
/**
* Returns the value the specified class is mapped to, or {@code null} if no entry for this class
* is present. This will only return a value that was bound to this specific class, not a value
* that may have been bound to a subtype.
*/
@CanIgnoreReturnValue // TODO(kak): Consider removing this?
T getInstance(Class type);
/**
* Maps the specified class to the specified value. Does not associate this value with any
* of the class's supertypes.
*
* @return the value previously associated with this class (possibly {@code null}), or {@code
* null} if there was no previous entry.
*/
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
T putInstance(Class type, @Nullable T value);
}