com.google.common.collect
Class ImmutableMultimap<K,V>

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMultimap<K,V>
All Implemented Interfaces:
Multimap<K,V>, Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
ImmutableListMultimap, ImmutableSetMultimap

@GwtCompatible(emulated=true)
public abstract class ImmutableMultimap<K,V>
extends Object
implements Multimap<K,V>, Serializable

An immutable Multimap. Does not permit null keys or values.

Unlike Multimaps.unmodifiableMultimap(Multimap), which is a view of a separate multimap which can still change, an instance of ImmutableMultimap contains its own data and will never change. ImmutableMultimap is convenient for public static final multimaps ("constant multimaps") and also lets you easily make a "defensive copy" of a multimap provided to your class by a caller.

Note: Although this class is not final, it cannot be subclassed as it has no public or protected constructors. Thus, instances of this class are guaranteed to be immutable.

In addition to methods defined by Multimap, an inverse() method is also supported.

See the Guava User Guide article on immutable collections.

Since:
2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
Author:
Jared Levy
See Also:
Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
static class ImmutableMultimap.Builder<K,V>
          A builder for creating immutable multimap instances, especially public static final multimaps ("constant multimaps").
 
Method Summary
 ImmutableMap<K,Collection<V>> asMap()
          Returns an immutable map that associates each key with its corresponding values in the multimap.
static
<K,V> ImmutableMultimap.Builder<K,V>
builder()
          Returns a new builder.
 void clear()
          Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
 boolean containsEntry(Object key, Object value)
          Returns true if the multimap contains the specified key-value pair.
 boolean containsKey(Object key)
          Returns true if the multimap contains any values for the specified key.
 boolean containsValue(Object value)
          Returns true if the multimap contains the specified value for any key.
static
<K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V>
copyOf(Multimap<? extends K,? extends V> multimap)
          Returns an immutable multimap containing the same mappings as multimap.
 ImmutableCollection<Map.Entry<K,V>> entries()
          Returns an immutable collection of all key-value pairs in the multimap.
 boolean equals(Object object)
          Compares the specified object with this multimap for equality.
abstract  ImmutableCollection<V> get(K key)
          Returns an immutable collection of the values for the given key.
 int hashCode()
          Returns the hash code for this multimap.
abstract  ImmutableMultimap<V,K> inverse()
          Returns an immutable multimap which is the inverse of this one.
 boolean isEmpty()
          Returns true if the multimap contains no key-value pairs.
 ImmutableMultiset<K> keys()
          Returns a collection, which may contain duplicates, of all keys.
 ImmutableSet<K> keySet()
          Returns an immutable set of the distinct keys in this multimap.
static
<K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V>
of()
          Returns an empty multimap.
static
<K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V>
of(K k1, V v1)
          Returns an immutable multimap containing a single entry.
static
<K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V>
of(K k1, V v1, K k2, V v2)
          Returns an immutable multimap containing the given entries, in order.
static
<K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V>
of(K k1, V v1, K k2, V v2, K k3, V v3)
          Returns an immutable multimap containing the given entries, in order.
static
<K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V>
of(K k1, V v1, K k2, V v2, K k3, V v3, K k4, V v4)
          Returns an immutable multimap containing the given entries, in order.
static
<K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V>
of(K k1, V v1, K k2, V v2, K k3, V v3, K k4, V v4, K k5, V v5)
          Returns an immutable multimap containing the given entries, in order.
 boolean put(K key, V value)
          Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
 boolean putAll(K key, Iterable<? extends V> values)
          Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
 boolean putAll(Multimap<? extends K,? extends V> multimap)
          Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
 boolean remove(Object key, Object value)
          Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
 ImmutableCollection<V> removeAll(Object key)
          Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
 ImmutableCollection<V> replaceValues(K key, Iterable<? extends V> values)
          Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
 int size()
          Returns the number of key-value pairs in the multimap.
 String toString()
           
 ImmutableCollection<V> values()
          Returns an immutable collection of the values in this multimap.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

of

public static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V> of()
Returns an empty multimap.


of

public static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V> of(K k1,
                                              V v1)
Returns an immutable multimap containing a single entry.


of

public static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V> of(K k1,
                                              V v1,
                                              K k2,
                                              V v2)
Returns an immutable multimap containing the given entries, in order.


of

public static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V> of(K k1,
                                              V v1,
                                              K k2,
                                              V v2,
                                              K k3,
                                              V v3)
Returns an immutable multimap containing the given entries, in order.


of

public static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V> of(K k1,
                                              V v1,
                                              K k2,
                                              V v2,
                                              K k3,
                                              V v3,
                                              K k4,
                                              V v4)
Returns an immutable multimap containing the given entries, in order.


of

public static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V> of(K k1,
                                              V v1,
                                              K k2,
                                              V v2,
                                              K k3,
                                              V v3,
                                              K k4,
                                              V v4,
                                              K k5,
                                              V v5)
Returns an immutable multimap containing the given entries, in order.


builder

public static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap.Builder<K,V> builder()
Returns a new builder. The generated builder is equivalent to the builder created by the ImmutableMultimap.Builder constructor.


copyOf

public static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V> copyOf(Multimap<? extends K,? extends V> multimap)
Returns an immutable multimap containing the same mappings as multimap. The generated multimap's key and value orderings correspond to the iteration ordering of the multimap.asMap() view.

Despite the method name, this method attempts to avoid actually copying the data when it is safe to do so. The exact circumstances under which a copy will or will not be performed are undocumented and subject to change.

Throws:
NullPointerException - if any key or value in multimap is null

removeAll

public ImmutableCollection<V> removeAll(Object key)
Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.

Specified by:
removeAll in interface Multimap<K,V>
Parameters:
key - key of entries to remove from the multimap
Returns:
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.
Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException - always

replaceValues

public ImmutableCollection<V> replaceValues(K key,
                                            Iterable<? extends V> values)
Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.

Specified by:
replaceValues in interface Multimap<K,V>
Parameters:
key - key to store in the multimap
values - values to store in the multimap
Returns:
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.
Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException - always

clear

public void clear()
Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.

Specified by:
clear in interface Multimap<K,V>
Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException - always

get

public abstract ImmutableCollection<V> get(K key)
Returns an immutable collection of the values for the given key. If no mappings in the multimap have the provided key, an empty immutable collection is returned. The values are in the same order as the parameters used to build this multimap.

Specified by:
get in interface Multimap<K,V>
Parameters:
key - key to search for in multimap
Returns:
the collection of values that the key maps to

inverse

@Beta
public abstract ImmutableMultimap<V,K> inverse()
Returns an immutable multimap which is the inverse of this one. For every key-value mapping in the original, the result will have a mapping with key and value reversed.

Since:
11.0

put

public boolean put(K key,
                   V value)
Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.

Specified by:
put in interface Multimap<K,V>
Parameters:
key - key to store in the multimap
value - value to store in the multimap
Returns:
true if the method increased the size of the multimap, or false if the multimap already contained the key-value pair and doesn't allow duplicates
Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException - always

putAll

public boolean putAll(K key,
                      Iterable<? extends V> values)
Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.

Specified by:
putAll in interface Multimap<K,V>
Parameters:
key - key to store in the multimap
values - values to store in the multimap
Returns:
true if the multimap changed
Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException - always

putAll

public boolean putAll(Multimap<? extends K,? extends V> multimap)
Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.

Specified by:
putAll in interface Multimap<K,V>
Parameters:
multimap - mappings to store in this multimap
Returns:
true if the multimap changed
Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException - always

remove

public boolean remove(Object key,
                      Object value)
Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.

Specified by:
remove in interface Multimap<K,V>
Parameters:
key - key of entry to remove from the multimap
value - value of entry to remove the multimap
Returns:
true if the multimap changed
Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException - always

containsEntry

public boolean containsEntry(@Nullable
                             Object key,
                             @Nullable
                             Object value)
Description copied from interface: Multimap
Returns true if the multimap contains the specified key-value pair.

Specified by:
containsEntry in interface Multimap<K,V>
Parameters:
key - key to search for in multimap
value - value to search for in multimap

containsKey

public boolean containsKey(@Nullable
                           Object key)
Description copied from interface: Multimap
Returns true if the multimap contains any values for the specified key.

Specified by:
containsKey in interface Multimap<K,V>
Parameters:
key - key to search for in multimap

containsValue

public boolean containsValue(@Nullable
                             Object value)
Description copied from interface: Multimap
Returns true if the multimap contains the specified value for any key.

Specified by:
containsValue in interface Multimap<K,V>
Parameters:
value - value to search for in multimap

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()
Description copied from interface: Multimap
Returns true if the multimap contains no key-value pairs.

Specified by:
isEmpty in interface Multimap<K,V>

size

public int size()
Description copied from interface: Multimap
Returns the number of key-value pairs in the multimap.

Specified by:
size in interface Multimap<K,V>

equals

public boolean equals(@Nullable
                      Object object)
Description copied from interface: Multimap
Compares the specified object with this multimap for equality. Two multimaps are equal when their map views, as returned by Multimap.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 SetMultimap instances with the same key-value mappings are equal, but equality of two ListMultimap instances depends on the ordering of the values for each key.

A non-empty SetMultimap cannot be equal to a non-empty ListMultimap, since their Multimap.asMap() views contain unequal collections as values. However, any two empty multimaps are equal, because they both have empty Multimap.asMap() views.

Specified by:
equals in interface Multimap<K,V>
Overrides:
equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Description copied from interface: Multimap
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 Multimap.asMap().

Specified by:
hashCode in interface Multimap<K,V>
Overrides:
hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()
Overrides:
toString in class Object

keySet

public ImmutableSet<K> keySet()
Returns an immutable set of the distinct keys in this multimap. These keys are ordered according to when they first appeared during the construction of this multimap.

Specified by:
keySet in interface Multimap<K,V>
Returns:
the collection of distinct keys

asMap

public ImmutableMap<K,Collection<V>> asMap()
Returns an immutable map that associates each key with its corresponding values in the multimap.

Specified by:
asMap in interface Multimap<K,V>
Returns:
a map view from a key to its collection of values

entries

public ImmutableCollection<Map.Entry<K,V>> entries()
Returns an immutable collection of all key-value pairs in the multimap. Its iterator traverses the values for the first key, the values for the second key, and so on.

Specified by:
entries in interface Multimap<K,V>
Returns:
collection of map entries consisting of key-value pairs

keys

public ImmutableMultiset<K> keys()
Returns a collection, which may contain duplicates, of all keys. The number of times a key appears in the returned multiset equals the number of mappings the key has in the multimap. Duplicate keys appear consecutively in the multiset's iteration order.

Specified by:
keys in interface Multimap<K,V>
Returns:
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

values

public ImmutableCollection<V> values()
Returns an immutable collection of the values in this multimap. Its iterator traverses the values for the first key, the values for the second key, and so on.

Specified by:
values in interface Multimap<K,V>
Returns:
collection of values, which may include the same value multiple times if it occurs in multiple mappings


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