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package com.google.common.collect;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
/**
* A collection that maps keys to values, similar to {@link Map}, but in which
* each key may be associated with multiple values. You can visualize the
* contents of a multimap either as a map from keys to collections of values:
*
*
* - a → 1, 2
*
- b → 3
*
*
* ... or as a single "flattened" collection of key-value pairs:
*
*
* - a → 1
*
- a → 2
*
- b → 3
*
*
* Important: although the first interpretation resembles how most
* multimaps are implemented, the design of the {@code Multimap} API is
* based on the second form. So, using the multimap shown above as an
* example, the {@link #size} is {@code 3}, not {@code 2}, and the {@link
* #values} collection is {@code [1, 2, 3]}, not {@code [[1, 2], [3]]}. For
* those times when the first style is more useful, use the multimap's {@link
* #asMap} view.
*
*
Example
*
* The following code:
{@code
*
* ListMultimap multimap = ArrayListMultimap.create();
* for (President pres : US_PRESIDENTS_IN_ORDER) {
* multimap.put(pres.firstName(), pres.lastName());
* }
* for (String firstName : multimap.keySet()) {
* List lastNames = multimap.get(firstName);
* out.println(firstName + ": " + lastNames);
* }}
*
* ... produces output such as: {@code
*
* Zachary: [Taylor]
* John: [Adams, Adams, Tyler, Kennedy]
* George: [Washington, Bush, Bush]
* Grover: [Cleveland]
* ...}
*
* Views
*
* Much of the power of the multimap API comes from the view
* collections it provides. These always reflect the latest state of the
* multimap itself. When they support modification, the changes are
* write-through (they automatically update the backing multimap). These
* view collections are:
*
*
* - {@link #asMap}, mentioned above
* - {@link #keys}, {@link #keySet}, {@link #values}, {@link #entries}, which
* are similar to the corresponding view collections of {@link Map}
*
- and, notably, even the collection returned by {@link #get get(key)} is an
* active view of the values corresponding to {@code key}
*
*
* The collections returned by the {@link #replaceValues replaceValues} and
* {@link #removeAll removeAll} methods, which contain values that have just
* been removed from the multimap, are naturally not views.
*
*
Subinterfaces
*
* Instead of using the {@code Multimap} interface directly, prefer the
* subinterfaces {@link ListMultimap} and {@link SetMultimap}. These take their
* names from the fact that the collections they return from {@code get} behave
* like (and, of course, implement) {@link List} and {@link Set}, respectively.
*
*
For example, the "presidents" code snippet above used a {@code
* ListMultimap}; if it had used a {@code SetMultimap} instead, two presidents
* would have vanished, and last names might or might not appear in
* chronological order.
*
*
Uses
*
* Multimaps are commonly used anywhere a {@code Map>} would
* otherwise have appeared. The advantages include:
*
*
* - There is no need to populate an empty collection before adding an entry
* with {@link #put put}.
*
- {@code get} never returns {@code null}, only an empty collection.
*
- It will not retain empty collections after the last value for a key is
* removed. As a result, {@link #containsKey} behaves logically, and the
* multimap won't leak memory.
*
- The total entry count is available as {@link #size}.
*
- Many complex operations become easier; for example, {@code
* Collections.min(multimap.values())} finds the smallest value across all
* keys.
*
*
* Implementations
*
* As always, prefer the immutable implementations, {@link
* ImmutableListMultimap} and {@link ImmutableSetMultimap}. General-purpose
* mutable implementations are listed above under "All Known Implementing
* Classes". You can also create a custom multimap, backed by any {@code
* Map} and {@link Collection} types, using the {@link Multimaps#newMultimap
* Multimaps.newMultimap} family of methods. Finally, another popular way to
* obtain a multimap is using {@link Multimaps#index Multimaps.index}. See
* the {@link Multimaps} class for these and other static utilities related
* to multimaps.
*
*
Other Notes
*
* All methods that modify the multimap are optional. The view collections
* returned by the multimap may or may not be modifiable. Any modification
* method that is not supported will throw {@link
* UnsupportedOperationException}.
*
*
See the Guava User Guide article on
* {@code Multimap}.
*
* @author Jared Levy
* @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
*/
@GwtCompatible
public interface Multimap {
// Query Operations
/** Returns the number of key-value pairs in the multimap. */
int size();
/** Returns {@code true} if the multimap contains no key-value pairs. */
boolean isEmpty();
/**
* Returns {@code true} if the multimap contains any values for the specified
* key.
*
* @param key key to search for in multimap
*/
boolean containsKey(@Nullable Object key);
/**
* Returns {@code true} if the multimap contains the specified value for any
* key.
*
* @param value value to search for in multimap
*/
boolean containsValue(@Nullable Object value);
/**
* Returns {@code true} if the multimap contains the specified key-value pair.
*
* @param key key to search for in multimap
* @param value value to search for in multimap
*/
boolean containsEntry(@Nullable Object key, @Nullable Object value);
// Modification Operations
/**
* Stores a key-value pair in the multimap.
*
* Some multimap implementations allow duplicate key-value pairs, in which
* case {@code put} always adds a new key-value pair and increases the
* multimap size by 1. Other implementations prohibit duplicates, and storing
* a key-value pair that's already in the multimap has no effect.
*
* @param key key to store in the multimap
* @param value value to store in the multimap
* @return {@code true} if the method increased the size of the multimap, or
* {@code false} if the multimap already contained the key-value pair and
* doesn't allow duplicates
*/
boolean put(@Nullable K key, @Nullable V value);
/**
* Removes a single key-value pair from the multimap.
*
* @param key key of entry to remove from the multimap
* @param value value of entry to remove the multimap
* @return {@code true} if the multimap changed
*/
boolean remove(@Nullable Object key, @Nullable Object value);
// Bulk Operations
/**
* Stores a collection of values with the same key.
*
* @param key key to store in the multimap
* @param values values to store in the multimap
* @return {@code true} if the multimap changed
*/
boolean putAll(@Nullable K key, Iterable values);
/**
* Copies all of another multimap's key-value pairs into this multimap. The
* order in which the mappings are added is determined by
* {@code multimap.entries()}.
*
* @param multimap mappings to store in this multimap
* @return {@code true} if the multimap changed
*/
boolean putAll(Multimap multimap);
/**
* Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing
* values for that key.
*
* @param key key to store in the multimap
* @param values values to store in the multimap
* @return the collection of replaced values, or an empty collection if no
* values were previously associated with the key. The collection
* may be modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the
* multimap.
*/
Collection replaceValues(@Nullable K key, Iterable values);
/**
* Removes all values associated with a given key.
*
* @param key key of entries to remove from the multimap
* @return the collection of removed values, or an empty collection if no
* values were associated with the provided key. The collection
* may be modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the
* multimap.
*/
Collection removeAll(@Nullable Object key);
/**
* Removes all key-value pairs from the multimap.
*/
void clear();
// Views
/**
* Returns a collection view of all values associated with a key. If no
* mappings in the multimap have the provided key, an empty collection is
* returned.
*
* Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap,
* and vice versa.
*
* @param key key to search for in multimap
* @return the collection of values that the key maps to
*/
Collection get(@Nullable K key);
/**
* Returns the set of all keys, each appearing once in the returned set.
* Changes to the returned set will update the underlying multimap, and vice
* versa.
*
* @return the collection of distinct keys
*/
Set keySet();
/**
* Returns a collection, which may contain duplicates, of all keys. The number
* of times of key appears in the returned multiset equals the number of
* mappings the key has in the multimap. Changes to the returned multiset will
* update the underlying multimap, and vice versa.
*
* @return a multiset with keys corresponding to the distinct keys of the
* multimap and frequencies corresponding to the number of values that
* each key maps to
*/
Multiset keys();
/**
* Returns a collection of all values in the multimap. Changes to the returned
* collection will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa.
*
* @return collection of values, which may include the same value multiple
* times if it occurs in multiple mappings
*/
Collection values();
/**
* Returns a collection of all key-value pairs. Changes to the returned
* collection will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. The entries
* collection does not support the {@code add} or {@code addAll} operations.
*
* @return collection of map entries consisting of key-value pairs
*/
Collection> entries();
/**
* Returns a map view that associates each key with the corresponding values
* in the multimap. Changes to the returned map, such as element removal, will
* update the underlying multimap. The map does not support {@code setValue()}
* on its entries, {@code put}, or {@code putAll}.
*
* When passed a key that is present in the map, {@code
* asMap().get(Object)} has the same behavior as {@link #get}, returning a
* live collection. When passed a key that is not present, however, {@code
* asMap().get(Object)} returns {@code null} instead of an empty collection.
*
* @return a map view from a key to its collection of values
*/
Map> asMap();
// Comparison and hashing
/**
* Compares the specified object with this multimap for equality. Two
* multimaps are equal when their map views, as returned by {@link #asMap},
* are also equal.
*
* In general, two multimaps with identical key-value mappings may or may
* not be equal, depending on the implementation. For example, two
* {@link SetMultimap} instances with the same key-value mappings are equal,
* but equality of two {@link ListMultimap} instances depends on the ordering
* of the values for each key.
*
*
A non-empty {@link SetMultimap} cannot be equal to a non-empty
* {@link ListMultimap}, since their {@link #asMap} views contain unequal
* collections as values. However, any two empty multimaps are equal, because
* they both have empty {@link #asMap} views.
*/
@Override
boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj);
/**
* Returns the hash code for this multimap.
*
*
The hash code of a multimap is defined as the hash code of the map view,
* as returned by {@link Multimap#asMap}.
*/
@Override
int hashCode();
}