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 *
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package com.google.common.collect;

import java.util.Map;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

/**
 * An object representing the differences between two maps.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
 */
@GwtCompatible
public interface MapDifference<K, V> {
	/**
	 * Returns {@code true} if there are no differences between the two maps; that
	 * is, if the maps are equal.
	 */
	boolean areEqual();

	/**
	 * Returns an unmodifiable map containing the entries from the left map whose
	 * keys are not present in the right map.
	 */
	Map<K, V> entriesOnlyOnLeft();

	/**
	 * Returns an unmodifiable map containing the entries from the right map whose
	 * keys are not present in the left map.
	 */
	Map<K, V> entriesOnlyOnRight();

	/**
	 * Returns an unmodifiable map containing the entries that appear in both maps;
	 * that is, the intersection of the two maps.
	 */
	Map<K, V> entriesInCommon();

	/**
	 * Returns an unmodifiable map describing keys that appear in both maps, but
	 * with different values.
	 */
	Map<K, ValueDifference<V>> entriesDiffering();

	/**
	 * Compares the specified object with this instance for equality. Returns
	 * {@code true} if the given object is also a {@code MapDifference} and the
	 * values returned by the {@link #entriesOnlyOnLeft()},
	 * {@link #entriesOnlyOnRight()}, {@link #entriesInCommon()} and
	 * {@link #entriesDiffering()} of the two instances are equal.
	 */
	@Override
	boolean equals(@Nullable Object object);

	/**
	 * Returns the hash code for this instance. This is defined as the hash code of
	 * 
	 * <pre>
	 *    {@code
	 *
	 *   Arrays.asList(entriesOnlyOnLeft(), entriesOnlyOnRight(),
	 *       entriesInCommon(), entriesDiffering())}
	 * </pre>
	 */
	@Override
	int hashCode();

	/**
	 * A difference between the mappings from two maps with the same key. The
	 * {@link #leftValue} and {@link #rightValue} are not equal, and one but not
	 * both of them may be null.
	 *
	 * @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
	 */
	interface ValueDifference<V> {
		/**
		 * Returns the value from the left map (possibly null).
		 */
		V leftValue();

		/**
		 * Returns the value from the right map (possibly null).
		 */
		V rightValue();

		/**
		 * Two instances are considered equal if their {@link #leftValue()} values are
		 * equal and their {@link #rightValue()} values are also equal.
		 */
		@Override
		boolean equals(@Nullable Object other);

		/**
		 * The hash code equals the value
		 * {@code Arrays.asList(leftValue(), rightValue()).hashCode()}.
		 */
		@Override
		int hashCode();
	}

}