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package scala
package collection
package mutable


/** A trait for mutable maps with multiple values assigned to a key.
 *
 *  This class is typically used as a mixin. It turns maps which map `A`
 *  to `Set[B]` objects into multimaps that map `A` to `B` objects.
 *
 *  @example {{{
 *  // first import all necessary types from package `collection.mutable`
 *  import collection.mutable.{ HashMap, MultiMap, Set }
 *
 *  // to create a `MultiMap` the easiest way is to mixin it into a normal
 *  // `Map` instance
 *  val mm = new HashMap[Int, Set[String]] with MultiMap[Int, String]
 *
 *  // to add key-value pairs to a multimap it is important to use
 *  // the method `addBinding` because standard methods like `+` will
 *  // overwrite the complete key-value pair instead of adding the
 *  // value to the existing key
 *  mm.addBinding(1, "a")
 *  mm.addBinding(2, "b")
 *  mm.addBinding(1, "c")
 *
 *  // mm now contains `Map(2 -> Set(b), 1 -> Set(c, a))`
 *
 *  // to check if the multimap contains a value there is method
 *  // `entryExists`, which allows to traverse the including set
 *  mm.entryExists(1, _ == "a") == true
 *  mm.entryExists(1, _ == "b") == false
 *  mm.entryExists(2, _ == "b") == true
 *
 *  // to remove a previous added value there is the method `removeBinding`
 *  mm.removeBinding(1, "a")
 *  mm.entryExists(1, _ == "a") == false
 *  }}}
 *
 *  @define coll multimap
 *  @define Coll `MultiMap`
 *  @author  Matthias Zenger
 *  @author  Martin Odersky
 *  @version 2.8
 *  @since   1
 */
trait MultiMap[A, B] extends Map[A, Set[B]] {
  /** Creates a new set.
   *
   *  Classes that use this trait as a mixin can override this method
   *  to have the desired implementation of sets assigned to new keys.
   *  By default this is `HashSet`.
   *
   *  @return An empty set of values of type `B`.
   */
  protected def makeSet: Set[B] = new HashSet[B]

  /** Assigns the specified `value` to a specified `key`.  If the key
   *  already has a binding to equal to `value`, nothing is changed;
   *  otherwise a new binding is added for that `key`.
   *
   *  @param key    The key to which to bind the new value.
   *  @param value  The value to bind to the key.
   *  @return       A reference to this multimap.
   */
  def addBinding(key: A, value: B): this.type = {
    get(key) match {
      case None =>
        val set = makeSet
        set += value
        this(key) = set
      case Some(set) =>
        set += value
    }
    this
  }

  /** Removes the binding of `value` to `key` if it exists, otherwise this
   *  operation doesn't have any effect.
   *
   *  If this was the last value assigned to the specified key, the
   *  set assigned to that key will be removed as well.
   *
   *  @param key     The key of the binding.
   *  @param value   The value to remove.
   *  @return        A reference to this multimap.
   */
  def removeBinding(key: A, value: B): this.type = {
    get(key) match {
      case None =>
        case Some(set) =>
          set -= value
          if (set.isEmpty) this -= key
    }
    this
  }

  /** Checks if there exists a binding to `key` such that it satisfies the predicate `p`.
   *
   *  @param key   The key for which the predicate is checked.
   *  @param p     The predicate which a value assigned to the key must satisfy.
   *  @return      A boolean if such a binding exists
   */
  def entryExists(key: A, p: B => Boolean): Boolean = get(key) match {
    case None => false
    case Some(set) => set exists p
  }
}