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package org.apache.commons.collections4;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* The "write" subset of the {@link Map} interface.
*
* NOTE: in the original {@link Map} interface, {@link Map#put(Object, Object)} is known
* to have the same return type as {@link Map#get(Object)}, namely {@code V}. {@link Put}
* makes no assumptions in this regard (there is no association with, nor even knowledge
* of, a "reading" interface) and thus defines {@link #put(Object, Object)} as returning
* {@link Object}.
*
* @param the type of the keys in this map
* @param the type of the values in this map
*
* @since 4.0
* @see Get
*/
public interface Put {
/**
* @see Map#clear()
*/
void clear();
/**
* Note that the return type is Object, rather than V as in the Map interface.
* See the class Javadoc for further info.
*
* @param key key with which the specified value is to be associated
* @param value value to be associated with the specified key
* @return the previous value associated with key, or
* null if there was no mapping for key.
* (A null return can also indicate that the map
* previously associated null with key,
* if the implementation supports null values.)
* @see Map#put(Object, Object)
*/
Object put(K key, V value);
/**
* @param t mappings to be stored in this map
* @see Map#putAll(Map)
*/
void putAll(Map t);
}