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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;
/**
* A {@code Multimap} that can hold duplicate key-value pairs and that maintains the insertion
* ordering of values for a given key. See the {@link Multimap} documentation for information common
* to all multimaps.
*
* The {@link #get}, {@link #removeAll}, and {@link #replaceValues} methods each return a {@link
* List} of values. Though the method signature doesn't say so explicitly, the map returned by
* {@link #asMap} has {@code List} values.
*
*
See the Guava User Guide article on {@code
* Multimap}.
*
* @author Jared Levy
* @since 2.0
*/
@GwtCompatible
public interface ListMultimap extends Multimap {
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*
* Because the values for a given key may have duplicates and follow the insertion ordering,
* this method returns a {@link List}, instead of the {@link java.util.Collection} specified in
* the {@link Multimap} interface.
*/
@Override
List get(K key);
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*
* Because the values for a given key may have duplicates and follow the insertion ordering,
* this method returns a {@link List}, instead of the {@link java.util.Collection} specified in
* the {@link Multimap} interface.
*/
@Override
List removeAll(Object key);
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*
* Because the values for a given key may have duplicates and follow the insertion ordering,
* this method returns a {@link List}, instead of the {@link java.util.Collection} specified in
* the {@link Multimap} interface.
*/
@Override
List replaceValues(K key, Iterable values);
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*
* Note: The returned map's values are guaranteed to be of type {@link List}. To obtain
* this map with the more specific generic type {@code Map>}, call {@link
* Multimaps#asMap(ListMultimap)} instead.
*/
@Override
Map> asMap();
/**
* Compares the specified object to this multimap for equality.
*
* Two {@code ListMultimap} instances are equal if, for each key, they contain the same values
* in the same order. If the value orderings disagree, the multimaps will not be considered equal.
*
*
An empty {@code ListMultimap} is equal to any other empty {@code Multimap}, including an
* empty {@code SetMultimap}.
*/
@Override
boolean equals(Object obj);
}