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package com.google.common.collect;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.annotation.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 (imported from Google Collections Library)
*/
@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.
*/
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.
*/
T putInstance(Class type, @Nullable T value);
}