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 * Copyright (C) 2010 The Guava Authors
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package com.google.common.collect;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

import java.util.List;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * A list multimap which forwards all its method calls to another list multimap.
 * Subclasses should override one or more methods to modify the behavior of
 * the backing multimap as desired per the decorator pattern.
 *
 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
 * @since 3.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public abstract class ForwardingListMultimap
    extends ForwardingMultimap implements ListMultimap {

  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */
  protected ForwardingListMultimap() {}

  @Override protected abstract ListMultimap delegate();

  @Override public List get(@Nullable K key) {
    return delegate().get(key);
  }

  @Override public List removeAll(@Nullable Object key) {
    return delegate().removeAll(key);
  }

  @Override public List replaceValues(K key, Iterable values) {
    return delegate().replaceValues(key, values);
  }
}