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You can visualize the contents of a multimap either as a 037 * map from keys to <i>nonempty</i> collections of values: 038 * 039 * <ul> 040 * <li>a → 1, 2 041 * <li>b → 3 042 * </ul> 043 * 044 * ... or as a single "flattened" collection of key-value pairs: 045 * 046 * <ul> 047 * <li>a → 1 048 * <li>a → 2 049 * <li>b → 3 050 * </ul> 051 * 052 * <p><b>Important:</b> although the first interpretation resembles how most multimaps are 053 * <i>implemented</i>, the design of the {@code Multimap} API is based on the <i>second</i> form. 054 * So, using the multimap shown above as an example, the {@link #size} is {@code 3}, not {@code 2}, 055 * and the {@link #values} collection is {@code [1, 2, 3]}, not {@code [[1, 2], [3]]}. For those 056 * times when the first style is more useful, use the multimap's {@link #asMap} view (or create a 057 * {@code Map<K, Collection<V>>} in the first place). 058 * 059 * <h3>Example</h3> 060 * 061 * <p>The following code: 062 * 063 * <pre>{@code 064 * ListMultimap<String, String> multimap = ArrayListMultimap.create(); 065 * for (President pres : US_PRESIDENTS_IN_ORDER) { 066 * multimap.put(pres.firstName(), pres.lastName()); 067 * } 068 * for (String firstName : multimap.keySet()) { 069 * List<String> lastNames = multimap.get(firstName); 070 * out.println(firstName + ": " + lastNames); 071 * } 072 * }</pre> 073 * 074 * ... produces output such as: 075 * 076 * <pre>{@code 077 * Zachary: [Taylor] 078 * John: [Adams, Adams, Tyler, Kennedy] // Remember, Quincy! 079 * George: [Washington, Bush, Bush] 080 * Grover: [Cleveland, Cleveland] // Two, non-consecutive terms, rep'ing NJ! 081 * ... 082 * }</pre> 083 * 084 * <h3>Views</h3> 085 * 086 * <p>Much of the power of the multimap API comes from the <i>view collections</i> it provides. 087 * These always reflect the latest state of the multimap itself. When they support modification, the 088 * changes are <i>write-through</i> (they automatically update the backing multimap). These view 089 * collections are: 090 * 091 * <ul> 092 * <li>{@link #asMap}, mentioned above 093 * <li>{@link #keys}, {@link #keySet}, {@link #values}, {@link #entries}, which are similar to the 094 * corresponding view collections of {@link Map} 095 * <li>and, notably, even the collection returned by {@link #get get(key)} is an active view of 096 * the values corresponding to {@code key} 097 * </ul> 098 * 099 * <p>The collections returned by the {@link #replaceValues replaceValues} and {@link #removeAll 100 * removeAll} methods, which contain values that have just been removed from the multimap, are 101 * naturally <i>not</i> views. 102 * 103 * <h3>Subinterfaces</h3> 104 * 105 * <p>Instead of using the {@code Multimap} interface directly, prefer the subinterfaces {@link 106 * ListMultimap} and {@link SetMultimap}. These take their names from the fact that the collections 107 * they return from {@code get} behave like (and, of course, implement) {@link List} and {@link 108 * Set}, respectively. 109 * 110 * <p>For example, the "presidents" code snippet above used a {@code ListMultimap}; if it had used a 111 * {@code SetMultimap} instead, two presidents would have vanished, and last names might or might 112 * not appear in chronological order. 113 * 114 * <p><b>Warning:</b> instances of type {@code Multimap} may not implement {@link Object#equals} in 115 * the way you expect. Multimaps containing the same key-value pairs, even in the same order, may or 116 * may not be equal and may or may not have the same {@code hashCode}. The recommended subinterfaces 117 * provide much stronger guarantees. 118 * 119 * <h3>Comparison to a map of collections</h3> 120 * 121 * <p>Multimaps are commonly used in places where a {@code Map<K, Collection<V>>} would otherwise 122 * have appeared. The differences include: 123 * 124 * <ul> 125 * <li>There is no need to populate an empty collection before adding an entry with {@link #put 126 * put}. 127 * <li>{@code get} never returns {@code null}, only an empty collection. 128 * <li>A key is contained in the multimap if and only if it maps to at least one value. Any 129 * operation that causes a key to have zero associated values has the effect of 130 * <i>removing</i> that key from the multimap. 131 * <li>The total entry count is available as {@link #size}. 132 * <li>Many complex operations become easier; for example, {@code 133 * Collections.min(multimap.values())} finds the smallest value across all keys. 134 * </ul> 135 * 136 * <h3>Implementations</h3> 137 * 138 * <p>As always, prefer the immutable implementations, {@link ImmutableListMultimap} and {@link 139 * ImmutableSetMultimap}. General-purpose mutable implementations are listed above under "All Known 140 * Implementing Classes". You can also create a <i>custom</i> multimap, backed by any {@code Map} 141 * and {@link Collection} types, using the {@link Multimaps#newMultimap Multimaps.newMultimap} 142 * family of methods. Finally, another popular way to obtain a multimap is using {@link 143 * Multimaps#index Multimaps.index}. See the {@link Multimaps} class for these and other static 144 * utilities related to multimaps. 145 * 146 * <h3>Other Notes</h3> 147 * 148 * <p>As with {@code Map}, the behavior of a {@code Multimap} is not specified if key objects 149 * already present in the multimap change in a manner that affects {@code equals} comparisons. Use 150 * caution if mutable objects are used as keys in a {@code Multimap}. 151 * 152 * <p>All methods that modify the multimap are optional. The view collections returned by the 153 * multimap may or may not be modifiable. Any modification method that is not supported will throw 154 * {@link UnsupportedOperationException}. 155 * 156 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href= 157 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#multimap"> {@code 158 * Multimap}</a>. 159 * 160 * @author Jared Levy 161 * @since 2.0 162 */ 163@DoNotMock("Use ImmutableMultimap, HashMultimap, or another implementation") 164@GwtCompatible 165@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault 166public interface Multimap<K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object> { 167 // Query Operations 168 169 /** 170 * Returns the number of key-value pairs in this multimap. 171 * 172 * <p><b>Note:</b> this method does not return the number of <i>distinct keys</i> in the multimap, 173 * which is given by {@code keySet().size()} or {@code asMap().size()}. See the opening section of 174 * the {@link Multimap} class documentation for clarification. 175 */ 176 int size(); 177 178 /** 179 * Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains no key-value pairs. Equivalent to {@code size() 180 * == 0}, but can in some cases be more efficient. 181 */ 182 boolean isEmpty(); 183 184 /** 185 * Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the key {@code 186 * key}. 187 */ 188 boolean containsKey(@CompatibleWith("K") @CheckForNull Object key); 189 190 /** 191 * Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the value 192 * {@code value}. 193 */ 194 boolean containsValue(@CompatibleWith("V") @CheckForNull Object value); 195 196 /** 197 * Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the key {@code 198 * key} and the value {@code value}. 199 */ 200 boolean containsEntry( 201 @CompatibleWith("K") @CheckForNull Object key, 202 @CompatibleWith("V") @CheckForNull Object value); 203 204 // Modification Operations 205 206 /** 207 * Stores a key-value pair in this multimap. 208 * 209 * <p>Some multimap implementations allow duplicate key-value pairs, in which case {@code put} 210 * always adds a new key-value pair and increases the multimap size by 1. Other implementations 211 * prohibit duplicates, and storing a key-value pair that's already in the multimap has no effect. 212 * 213 * @return {@code true} if the method increased the size of the multimap, or {@code false} if the 214 * multimap already contained the key-value pair and doesn't allow duplicates 215 */ 216 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 217 boolean put(@ParametricNullness K key, @ParametricNullness V value); 218 219 /** 220 * Removes a single key-value pair with the key {@code key} and the value {@code value} from this 221 * multimap, if such exists. If multiple key-value pairs in the multimap fit this description, 222 * which one is removed is unspecified. 223 * 224 * @return {@code true} if the multimap changed 225 */ 226 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 227 boolean remove( 228 @CompatibleWith("K") @CheckForNull Object key, 229 @CompatibleWith("V") @CheckForNull Object value); 230 231 // Bulk Operations 232 233 /** 234 * Stores a key-value pair in this multimap for each of {@code values}, all using the same key, 235 * {@code key}. Equivalent to (but expected to be more efficient than): 236 * 237 * <pre>{@code 238 * for (V value : values) { 239 * put(key, value); 240 * } 241 * }</pre> 242 * 243 * <p>In particular, this is a no-op if {@code values} is empty. 244 * 245 * @return {@code true} if the multimap changed 246 */ 247 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 248 boolean putAll(@ParametricNullness K key, Iterable<? extends V> values); 249 250 /** 251 * Stores all key-value pairs of {@code multimap} in this multimap, in the order returned by 252 * {@code multimap.entries()}. 253 * 254 * @return {@code true} if the multimap changed 255 */ 256 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 257 boolean putAll(Multimap<? extends K, ? extends V> multimap); 258 259 /** 260 * Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing values for that key. 261 * 262 * <p>If {@code values} is empty, this is equivalent to {@link #removeAll(Object) removeAll(key)}. 263 * 264 * @return the collection of replaced values, or an empty collection if no values were previously 265 * associated with the key. The collection <i>may</i> be modifiable, but updating it will have 266 * no effect on the multimap. 267 */ 268 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 269 Collection<V> replaceValues(@ParametricNullness K key, Iterable<? extends V> values); 270 271 /** 272 * Removes all values associated with the key {@code key}. 273 * 274 * <p>Once this method returns, {@code key} will not be mapped to any values, so it will not 275 * appear in {@link #keySet()}, {@link #asMap()}, or any other views. 276 * 277 * @return the values that were removed (possibly empty). The returned collection <i>may</i> be 278 * modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the multimap. 279 */ 280 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 281 Collection<V> removeAll(@CompatibleWith("K") @CheckForNull Object key); 282 283 /** Removes all key-value pairs from the multimap, leaving it {@linkplain #isEmpty empty}. */ 284 void clear(); 285 286 // Views 287 288 /** 289 * Returns a view collection of the values associated with {@code key} in this multimap, if any. 290 * Note that when {@code containsKey(key)} is false, this returns an empty collection, not {@code 291 * null}. 292 * 293 * <p>Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. 294 */ 295 Collection<V> get(@ParametricNullness K key); 296 297 /** 298 * Returns a view collection of all <i>distinct</i> keys contained in this multimap. Note that the 299 * key set contains a key if and only if this multimap maps that key to at least one value. 300 * 301 * <p>Changes to the returned set will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. However, 302 * <i>adding</i> to the returned set is not possible. 303 */ 304 Set<K> keySet(); 305 306 /** 307 * Returns a view collection containing the key from each key-value pair in this multimap, 308 * <i>without</i> collapsing duplicates. This collection has the same size as this multimap, and 309 * {@code keys().count(k) == get(k).size()} for all {@code k}. 310 * 311 * <p>Changes to the returned multiset will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. 312 * However, <i>adding</i> to the returned collection is not possible. 313 */ 314 Multiset<K> keys(); 315 316 /** 317 * Returns a view collection containing the <i>value</i> from each key-value pair contained in 318 * this multimap, without collapsing duplicates (so {@code values().size() == size()}). 319 * 320 * <p>Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. 321 * However, <i>adding</i> to the returned collection is not possible. 322 */ 323 Collection<V> values(); 324 325 /** 326 * Returns a view collection of all key-value pairs contained in this multimap, as {@link Entry} 327 * instances. 328 * 329 * <p>Changes to the returned collection or the entries it contains will update the underlying 330 * multimap, and vice versa. However, <i>adding</i> to the returned collection is not possible. 331 */ 332 Collection<Entry<K, V>> entries(); 333 334 /** 335 * Performs the given action for all key-value pairs contained in this multimap. If an ordering is 336 * specified by the {@code Multimap} implementation, actions will be performed in the order of 337 * iteration of {@link #entries()}. Exceptions thrown by the action are relayed to the caller. 338 * 339 * <p>To loop over all keys and their associated value collections, write {@code 340 * Multimaps.asMap(multimap).forEach((key, valueCollection) -> action())}. 341 * 342 * @since 21.0 343 */ 344 default void forEach(BiConsumer<? super K, ? super V> action) { 345 checkNotNull(action); 346 entries().forEach(entry -> action.accept(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue())); 347 } 348 349 /** 350 * Returns a view of this multimap as a {@code Map} from each distinct key to the nonempty 351 * collection of that key's associated values. Note that {@code this.asMap().get(k)} is equivalent 352 * to {@code this.get(k)} only when {@code k} is a key contained in the multimap; otherwise it 353 * returns {@code null} as opposed to an empty collection. 354 * 355 * <p>Changes to the returned map or the collections that serve as its values will update the 356 * underlying multimap, and vice versa. The map does not support {@code put} or {@code putAll}, 357 * nor do its entries support {@link Entry#setValue setValue}. 358 */ 359 Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap(); 360 361 // Comparison and hashing 362 363 /** 364 * Compares the specified object with this multimap for equality. Two multimaps are equal when 365 * their map views, as returned by {@link #asMap}, are also equal. 366 * 367 * <p>In general, two multimaps with identical key-value mappings may or may not be equal, 368 * depending on the implementation. For example, two {@link SetMultimap} instances with the same 369 * key-value mappings are equal, but equality of two {@link ListMultimap} instances depends on the 370 * ordering of the values for each key. 371 * 372 * <p>A non-empty {@link SetMultimap} cannot be equal to a non-empty {@link ListMultimap}, since 373 * their {@link #asMap} views contain unequal collections as values. However, any two empty 374 * multimaps are equal, because they both have empty {@link #asMap} views. 375 */ 376 @Override 377 boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object obj); 378 379 /** 380 * Returns the hash code for this multimap. 381 * 382 * <p>The hash code of a multimap is defined as the hash code of the map view, as returned by 383 * {@link Multimap#asMap}. 384 * 385 * <p>In general, two multimaps with identical key-value mappings may or may not have the same 386 * hash codes, depending on the implementation. For example, two {@link SetMultimap} instances 387 * with the same key-value mappings will have the same {@code hashCode}, but the {@code hashCode} 388 * of {@link ListMultimap} instances depends on the ordering of the values for each key. 389 */ 390 @Override 391 int hashCode(); 392}