java.lang.Object
- 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 Serializable
```
A Multimap whose contents will never change, with many other important properties detailed at ImmutableCollection.
Warning: avoid direct usage of ImmutableMultimap as a type (as with Multimap itself). Prefer subtypes such as ImmutableSetMultimap or ImmutableListMultimap, which have well-defined Multimap.equals(java.lang.Object) semantics, thus avoiding a common source of bugs and confusion.
Note: every ImmutableMultimap offers an inverse() view, so there is no need for a distinct ImmutableBiMultimap type.

Key-grouped iteration. All view collections follow the same iteration order. In all current implementations, the iteration order always keeps multiple entries with the same key together. Any creation method that would customarily respect insertion order (such as copyOf(Multimap)) instead preserves key-grouped order by inserting entries for an existing key immediately after the last entry having that key.
See the Guava User Guide article on immutable collections.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Jared Levy

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class	Description
`static class`	`ImmutableMultimap.Builder<K,V>`	A builder for creating immutable multimap instances, especially `public static final` multimaps ("constant multimaps").

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`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.
`static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap.Builder<K,V>`	`builderWithExpectedKeys(int expectedKeys)`	Returns a new builder with a hint for how many distinct keys are expected to be added.
`void`	`clear()`	Deprecated. Unsupported operation.
`boolean`	`containsEntry(Object key, Object value)`	Returns `true` if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the key `key` and the value `value`.
`boolean`	`containsKey(Object key)`	Returns `true` if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the key `key`.
`boolean`	`containsValue(Object value)`	Returns `true` if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the value `value`.
`static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V>`	`copyOf(Multimap<? extends K,? extends V> multimap)`	Returns an immutable multimap containing the same mappings as `multimap`, in the "key-grouped" iteration order described in the class documentation.
`static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V>`	`copyOf(Iterable<? extends Map.Entry<? extends K,? extends V>> entries)`	Returns an immutable multimap containing the specified entries.
`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 this multimap contains no key-value pairs.
`ImmutableMultiset<K>`	`keys()`	Returns an immutable multiset containing all the keys in this multimap, in the same order and with the same frequencies as they appear in this multimap; to get only a single occurrence of each key, use `keySet()`.
`ImmutableSet<K>`	`keySet()`	Returns an immutable set of the distinct keys in this multimap, in the same order as they appear 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 the "key-grouped" insertion order described in the class documentation.
`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 the "key-grouped" insertion order described in the class documentation.
`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 the "key-grouped" insertion order described in the class documentation.
`boolean`	`put(K key, V value)`	Deprecated. Unsupported operation.
`boolean`	`putAll(Multimap<? extends K,? extends V> multimap)`	Deprecated. Unsupported operation.
`boolean`	`putAll(K key, Iterable<? extends V> values)`	Deprecated. Unsupported operation.
`boolean`	`remove(Object key, Object value)`	Deprecated. Unsupported operation.
`ImmutableCollection<V>`	`removeAll(Object key)`	Deprecated. Unsupported operation.
`ImmutableCollection<V>`	`replaceValues(K key, Iterable<? extends V> values)`	Deprecated. Unsupported operation.
`int`	`size()`	Returns the number of key-value pairs in this multimap.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string representation of the multimap, generated by calling `toString` on the map returned by `Multimap.asMap()`.
`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.
    Performance note: the instance returned is a singleton.
  - 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 the "key-grouped" insertion order described in the class documentation.
  - 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 the "key-grouped" insertion order described in the class documentation.
  - 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 the "key-grouped" insertion order described in the class documentation.
  - 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.
  - builderWithExpectedKeys
```
public static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap.Builder<K,V> builderWithExpectedKeys(int expectedKeys)
```
    Returns a new builder with a hint for how many distinct keys are expected to be added. The generated builder is equivalent to that returned by builder(), but may perform better if expectedKeys is a good estimate.
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if expectedKeys is negative
    
    Since:
    
    33.3.0
  - 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, in the "key-grouped" iteration order described in the class documentation.
    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
  - copyOf
```
public static <K,V> ImmutableMultimap<K,V> copyOf(Iterable<? extends Map.Entry<? extends K,? extends V>> entries)
```
    Returns an immutable multimap containing the specified entries. The returned multimap iterates over keys in the order they were first encountered in the input, and the values for each key are iterated in the order they were encountered.
    
    Throws:
    
    NullPointerException - if any key, value, or entry is null
    
    Since:
    
    19.0
  - removeAll
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
@Deprecated
public ImmutableCollection<V> removeAll(@CheckForNull
                                        Object key)
```
    Deprecated.
    Unsupported operation.
    
    Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
    
    Specified by:
    
    removeAll in interface Multimap<K,V>
    
    Returns:
    
    the values that were removed (possibly empty). The returned collection may be modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the multimap.
    
    Throws:
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - always
  - replaceValues
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
@Deprecated
public ImmutableCollection<V> replaceValues(K key,
                                            Iterable<? extends V> values)
```
    Deprecated.
    Unsupported operation.
    
    Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
    
    Specified by:
    
    replaceValues in interface Multimap<K,V>
    
    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
```
@Deprecated
public final void clear()
```
    Deprecated.
    Unsupported operation.
    
    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>
  - inverse
```
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
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
@Deprecated
public final boolean put(K key,
                         V value)
```
    Deprecated.
    Unsupported operation.
    
    Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
    
    Specified by:
    
    put in interface Multimap<K,V>
    
    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
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
@Deprecated
public final boolean putAll(K key,
                            Iterable<? extends V> values)
```
    Deprecated.
    Unsupported operation.
    
    Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
    
    Specified by:
    
    putAll in interface Multimap<K,V>
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the multimap changed
    
    Throws:
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - always
  - putAll
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
@Deprecated
public final boolean putAll(Multimap<? extends K,? extends V> multimap)
```
    Deprecated.
    Unsupported operation.
    
    Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
    
    Specified by:
    
    putAll in interface Multimap<K,V>
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the multimap changed
    
    Throws:
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - always
  - remove
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
@Deprecated
public final boolean remove(@CheckForNull
                            Object key,
                            @CheckForNull
                            Object value)
```
    Deprecated.
    Unsupported operation.
    
    Guaranteed to throw an exception and leave the multimap unmodified.
    
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface Multimap<K,V>
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the multimap changed
    
    Throws:
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - always
  - containsKey
```
public boolean containsKey(@CheckForNull
                           Object key)
```
    Description copied from interface: Multimap
    
    Returns true if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the key key.
    
    Specified by:
    
    containsKey in interface Multimap<K,V>
  - containsValue
```
public boolean containsValue(@CheckForNull
                             Object value)
```
    Description copied from interface: Multimap
    
    Returns true if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the value value.
    
    Specified by:
    
    containsValue in interface Multimap<K,V>
  - size
```
public int size()
```
    Description copied from interface: Multimap
    
    Returns the number of key-value pairs in this multimap.
    Note: this method does not return the number of distinct keys in the multimap, which is given by keySet().size() or asMap().size(). See the opening section of the Multimap class documentation for clarification.
    
    Specified by:
    
    size in interface Multimap<K,V>
  - keySet
```
public ImmutableSet<K> keySet()
```
    Returns an immutable set of the distinct keys in this multimap, in the same order as they appear in this multimap.
    
    Specified by:
    
    keySet in interface Multimap<K,V>
  - asMap
```
public ImmutableMap<K,Collection<V>> asMap()
```
    Returns an immutable map that associates each key with its corresponding values in the multimap. Keys and values appear in the same order as in this multimap.
    
    Specified by:
    
    asMap in interface Multimap<K,V>
  - entries
```
public ImmutableCollection<Map.Entry<K,V>> entries()
```
    Returns an immutable collection of all key-value pairs in the multimap.
    
    Specified by:
    
    entries in interface Multimap<K,V>
  - keys
```
public ImmutableMultiset<K> keys()
```
    Returns an immutable multiset containing all the keys in this multimap, in the same order and with the same frequencies as they appear in this multimap; to get only a single occurrence of each key, use keySet().
    
    Specified by:
    
    keys in interface Multimap<K,V>
  - 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>
  - isEmpty
```
public boolean isEmpty()
```
    Description copied from interface: Multimap
    
    Returns true if this multimap contains no key-value pairs. Equivalent to size() == 0, but can in some cases be more efficient.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isEmpty in interface Multimap<K extends @Nullable Object,V extends @Nullable Object>
  - containsEntry
```
public boolean containsEntry(@CheckForNull
                             Object key,
                             @CheckForNull
                             Object value)
```
    Description copied from interface: Multimap
    
    Returns true if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair with the key key and the value value.
    
    Specified by:
    
    containsEntry in interface Multimap<K extends @Nullable Object,V extends @Nullable Object>
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(@CheckForNull
                      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 extends @Nullable Object,V extends @Nullable Object>
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    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 extends @Nullable Object,V extends @Nullable Object>
    
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
    
    See Also:
    
    Map.hashCode()
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Returns a string representation of the multimap, generated by calling toString on the map returned by Multimap.asMap().
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a string representation of the multimap

Class ImmutableMultimap<K,​V>

Nested Class Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Method Detail

of

of

of

of

of

of

builder

builderWithExpectedKeys

copyOf

copyOf

removeAll

replaceValues

clear

get

inverse

put

putAll

putAll

remove

containsKey

containsValue

size

keySet

asMap

entries

keys

values

isEmpty

containsEntry

equals

hashCode

toString

Class ImmutableMultimap<K,V>