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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 * <ul> 139 * <li>{@link ImmutableListMultimap} 140 * <li>{@link ImmutableSetMultimap} 141 * <li>Configure your own mutable multimap with {@link MultimapBuilder} 142 * <li>{@link LinkedListMultimap} (for one unusual kind of mutable {@code Multimap}) 143 * </ul> 144 * 145 * Guava contains a number of other multimap implementations, such as {@link ArrayListMultimap}. In 146 * new code, we recommend using {@link MultimapBuilder} instead: It provides better control of how 147 * keys and values are stored. 148 * 149 * <h3>Other Notes</h3> 150 * 151 * <p>As with {@code Map}, the behavior of a {@code Multimap} is not specified if key objects 152 * already present in the multimap change in a manner that affects {@code equals} comparisons. Use 153 * caution if mutable objects are used as keys in a {@code Multimap}. 154 * 155 * <p>All methods that modify the multimap are optional. The view collections returned by the 156 * multimap may or may not be modifiable. Any modification method that is not supported will throw 157 * {@link UnsupportedOperationException}. 158 * 159 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href= 160 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#multimap">{@code Multimap}</a>. 161 * 162 * @author Jared Levy 163 * @since 2.0 164 */ 165@DoNotMock("Use ImmutableMultimap, HashMultimap, or another implementation") 166@GwtCompatible 167public interface Multimap<K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object> { 168 // Query Operations 169 170 /** 171 * Returns the number of key-value pairs in this multimap. 172 * 173 * <p><b>Note:</b> this method does not return the number of <i>distinct keys</i> in the multimap, 174 * which is given by {@code keySet().size()} or {@code asMap().size()}. See the opening section of 175 * the {@link Multimap} class documentation for clarification. 176 */ 177 int size(); 178 179 /** 180 * Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains no key-value pairs. Equivalent to {@code size() 181 * == 0}, but can in some cases be more efficient. 182 */ 183 boolean isEmpty(); 184 185 /** 186 * Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the key {@code 187 * key}. 188 */ 189 boolean containsKey(@CompatibleWith("K") @CheckForNull Object key); 190 191 /** 192 * Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the value 193 * {@code value}. 194 */ 195 boolean containsValue(@CompatibleWith("V") @CheckForNull Object value); 196 197 /** 198 * Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the key {@code 199 * key} and the value {@code value}. 200 */ 201 boolean containsEntry( 202 @CompatibleWith("K") @CheckForNull Object key, 203 @CompatibleWith("V") @CheckForNull Object value); 204 205 // Modification Operations 206 207 /** 208 * Stores a key-value pair in this multimap. 209 * 210 * <p>Some multimap implementations allow duplicate key-value pairs, in which case {@code put} 211 * always adds a new key-value pair and increases the multimap size by 1. Other implementations 212 * prohibit duplicates, and storing a key-value pair that's already in the multimap has no effect. 213 * 214 * @return {@code true} if the method increased the size of the multimap, or {@code false} if the 215 * multimap already contained the key-value pair and doesn't allow duplicates 216 */ 217 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 218 boolean put(@ParametricNullness K key, @ParametricNullness V value); 219 220 /** 221 * Removes a single key-value pair with the key {@code key} and the value {@code value} from this 222 * multimap, if such exists. If multiple key-value pairs in the multimap fit this description, 223 * which one is removed is unspecified. 224 * 225 * @return {@code true} if the multimap changed 226 */ 227 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 228 boolean remove( 229 @CompatibleWith("K") @CheckForNull Object key, 230 @CompatibleWith("V") @CheckForNull Object value); 231 232 // Bulk Operations 233 234 /** 235 * Stores a key-value pair in this multimap for each of {@code values}, all using the same key, 236 * {@code key}. Equivalent to (but expected to be more efficient than): 237 * 238 * <pre>{@code 239 * for (V value : values) { 240 * put(key, value); 241 * } 242 * }</pre> 243 * 244 * <p>In particular, this is a no-op if {@code values} is empty. 245 * 246 * @return {@code true} if the multimap changed 247 */ 248 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 249 boolean putAll(@ParametricNullness K key, Iterable<? extends V> values); 250 251 /** 252 * Stores all key-value pairs of {@code multimap} in this multimap, in the order returned by 253 * {@code multimap.entries()}. 254 * 255 * @return {@code true} if the multimap changed 256 */ 257 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 258 boolean putAll(Multimap<? extends K, ? extends V> multimap); 259 260 /** 261 * Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing values for that key. 262 * 263 * <p>If {@code values} is empty, this is equivalent to {@link #removeAll(Object) removeAll(key)}. 264 * 265 * @return the collection of replaced values, or an empty collection if no values were previously 266 * associated with the key. The collection <i>may</i> be modifiable, but updating it will have 267 * no effect on the multimap. 268 */ 269 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 270 Collection<V> replaceValues(@ParametricNullness K key, Iterable<? extends V> values); 271 272 /** 273 * Removes all values associated with the key {@code key}. 274 * 275 * <p>Once this method returns, {@code key} will not be mapped to any values, so it will not 276 * appear in {@link #keySet()}, {@link #asMap()}, or any other views. 277 * 278 * @return the values that were removed (possibly empty). The returned collection <i>may</i> be 279 * modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the multimap. 280 */ 281 @CanIgnoreReturnValue 282 Collection<V> removeAll(@CompatibleWith("K") @CheckForNull Object key); 283 284 /** Removes all key-value pairs from the multimap, leaving it {@linkplain #isEmpty empty}. */ 285 void clear(); 286 287 // Views 288 289 /** 290 * Returns a view collection of the values associated with {@code key} in this multimap, if any. 291 * Note that when {@code containsKey(key)} is false, this returns an empty collection, not {@code 292 * null}. 293 * 294 * <p>Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. 295 */ 296 Collection<V> get(@ParametricNullness K key); 297 298 /** 299 * Returns a view collection of all <i>distinct</i> keys contained in this multimap. Note that the 300 * key set contains a key if and only if this multimap maps that key to at least one value. 301 * 302 * <p>Changes to the returned set will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. However, 303 * <i>adding</i> to the returned set is not possible. 304 */ 305 Set<K> keySet(); 306 307 /** 308 * Returns a view collection containing the key from each key-value pair in this multimap, 309 * <i>without</i> collapsing duplicates. This collection has the same size as this multimap, and 310 * {@code keys().count(k) == get(k).size()} for all {@code k}. 311 * 312 * <p>Changes to the returned multiset will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. 313 * However, <i>adding</i> to the returned collection is not possible. 314 */ 315 Multiset<K> keys(); 316 317 /** 318 * Returns a view collection containing the <i>value</i> from each key-value pair contained in 319 * this multimap, without collapsing duplicates (so {@code values().size() == size()}). 320 * 321 * <p>Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. 322 * However, <i>adding</i> to the returned collection is not possible. 323 */ 324 Collection<V> values(); 325 326 /** 327 * Returns a view collection of all key-value pairs contained in this multimap, as {@link Entry} 328 * instances. 329 * 330 * <p>Changes to the returned collection or the entries it contains will update the underlying 331 * multimap, and vice versa. However, <i>adding</i> to the returned collection is not possible. 332 */ 333 Collection<Entry<K, V>> entries(); 334 335 /** 336 * Performs the given action for all key-value pairs contained in this multimap. If an ordering is 337 * specified by the {@code Multimap} implementation, actions will be performed in the order of 338 * iteration of {@link #entries()}. Exceptions thrown by the action are relayed to the caller. 339 * 340 * <p>To loop over all keys and their associated value collections, write {@code 341 * Multimaps.asMap(multimap).forEach((key, valueCollection) -> action())}. 342 * 343 * @since 21.0 344 */ 345 default void forEach(BiConsumer<? super K, ? super V> action) { 346 checkNotNull(action); 347 entries().forEach(entry -> action.accept(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue())); 348 } 349 350 /** 351 * Returns a view of this multimap as a {@code Map} from each distinct key to the nonempty 352 * collection of that key's associated values. Note that {@code this.asMap().get(k)} is equivalent 353 * to {@code this.get(k)} only when {@code k} is a key contained in the multimap; otherwise it 354 * returns {@code null} as opposed to an empty collection. 355 * 356 * <p>Changes to the returned map or the collections that serve as its values will update the 357 * underlying multimap, and vice versa. The map does not support {@code put} or {@code putAll}, 358 * nor do its entries support {@link Entry#setValue setValue}. 359 */ 360 Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap(); 361 362 // Comparison and hashing 363 364 /** 365 * Compares the specified object with this multimap for equality. Two multimaps are equal when 366 * their map views, as returned by {@link #asMap}, are also equal. 367 * 368 * <p>In general, two multimaps with identical key-value mappings may or may not be equal, 369 * depending on the implementation. For example, two {@link SetMultimap} instances with the same 370 * key-value mappings are equal, but equality of two {@link ListMultimap} instances depends on the 371 * ordering of the values for each key. 372 * 373 * <p>A non-empty {@link SetMultimap} cannot be equal to a non-empty {@link ListMultimap}, since 374 * their {@link #asMap} views contain unequal collections as values. However, any two empty 375 * multimaps are equal, because they both have empty {@link #asMap} views. 376 */ 377 @Override 378 boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object obj); 379 380 /** 381 * Returns the hash code for this multimap. 382 * 383 * <p>The hash code of a multimap is defined as the hash code of the map view, as returned by 384 * {@link Multimap#asMap}. 385 * 386 * <p>In general, two multimaps with identical key-value mappings may or may not have the same 387 * hash codes, depending on the implementation. For example, two {@link SetMultimap} instances 388 * with the same key-value mappings will have the same {@code hashCode}, but the {@code hashCode} 389 * of {@link ListMultimap} instances depends on the ordering of the values for each key. 390 */ 391 @Override 392 int hashCode(); 393}