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14 KiB
Java
422 lines
14 KiB
Java
/*
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* Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
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*
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* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*/
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package com.google.common.collect;
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import java.util.Collection;
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import java.util.List;
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import java.util.Map;
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import java.util.Set;
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import javax.annotation.Nullable;
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import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
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/**
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* A collection that maps keys to values, similar to {@link Map}, but in which
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* each key may be associated with <i>multiple</i> values. You can visualize the
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* contents of a multimap either as a map from keys to <i>nonempty</i>
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* collections of values:
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*
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* <ul>
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* <li>a → 1, 2
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* <li>b → 3
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* </ul>
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*
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* ... or as a single "flattened" collection of key-value pairs:
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*
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* <ul>
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* <li>a → 1
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* <li>a → 2
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* <li>b → 3
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* </ul>
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*
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* <p>
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* <b>Important:</b> although the first interpretation resembles how most
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* multimaps are <i>implemented</i>, the design of the {@code Multimap} API is
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* based on the <i>second</i> form. So, using the multimap shown above as an
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* example, the {@link #size} is {@code 3}, not {@code 2}, and the
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* {@link #values} collection is {@code [1, 2, 3]}, not {@code [[1, 2], [3]]}.
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* For those times when the first style is more useful, use the multimap's
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* {@link #asMap} view (or create a {@code Map<K, Collection<V>>} in the first
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* place).
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*
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* <h3>Example</h3>
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*
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* <p>
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* The following code:
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*
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* <pre>
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* {
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* @code
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*
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* ListMultimap<String, String> multimap = ArrayListMultimap.create();
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* for (President pres : US_PRESIDENTS_IN_ORDER) {
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* multimap.put(pres.firstName(), pres.lastName());
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* }
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* for (String firstName : multimap.keySet()) {
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* List<String> lastNames = multimap.get(firstName);
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* out.println(firstName + ": " + lastNames);
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* }
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* }
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* </pre>
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*
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* ... produces output such as:
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*
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* <pre>
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* {@code
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*
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* Zachary: [Taylor]
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* John: [Adams, Adams, Tyler, Kennedy] // Remember, Quincy!
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* George: [Washington, Bush, Bush]
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* Grover: [Cleveland, Cleveland] // Two, non-consecutive terms, rep'ing NJ!
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* ...}
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* </pre>
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*
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* <h3>Views</h3>
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*
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* <p>
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* Much of the power of the multimap API comes from the <i>view collections</i>
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* it provides. These always reflect the latest state of the multimap itself.
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* When they support modification, the changes are <i>write-through</i> (they
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* automatically update the backing multimap). These view collections are:
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*
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* <ul>
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* <li>{@link #asMap}, mentioned above</li>
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* <li>{@link #keys}, {@link #keySet}, {@link #values}, {@link #entries}, which
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* are similar to the corresponding view collections of {@link Map}
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* <li>and, notably, even the collection returned by {@link #get get(key)} is an
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* active view of the values corresponding to {@code key}
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* </ul>
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*
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* <p>
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* The collections returned by the {@link #replaceValues replaceValues} and
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* {@link #removeAll removeAll} methods, which contain values that have just
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* been removed from the multimap, are naturally <i>not</i> views.
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*
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* <h3>Subinterfaces</h3>
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*
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* <p>
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* Instead of using the {@code Multimap} interface directly, prefer the
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* subinterfaces {@link ListMultimap} and {@link SetMultimap}. These take their
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* names from the fact that the collections they return from {@code get} behave
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* like (and, of course, implement) {@link List} and {@link Set}, respectively.
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*
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* <p>
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* For example, the "presidents" code snippet above used a {@code
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* ListMultimap}; if it had used a {@code SetMultimap} instead, two presidents
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* would have vanished, and last names might or might not appear in
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* chronological order.
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*
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* <p>
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* <b>Warning:</b> instances of type {@code Multimap} may not implement
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* {@link Object#equals} in the way you expect (multimaps containing the same
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* key-value pairs, even in the same order, may or may not be equal). The
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* recommended subinterfaces provide a much stronger guarantee.
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*
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* <h3>Comparison to a map of collections</h3>
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*
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* <p>
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* Multimaps are commonly used in places where a {@code Map<K,
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* Collection<V>>} would otherwise have appeared. The differences include:
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*
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* <ul>
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* <li>There is no need to populate an empty collection before adding an entry
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* with {@link #put put}.
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* <li>{@code get} never returns {@code null}, only an empty collection.
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* <li>A key is contained in the multimap if and only if it maps to at least one
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* value. Any operation that causes a key to have zero associated values has the
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* effect of <i>removing</i> that key from the multimap.
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* <li>The total entry count is available as {@link #size}.
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* <li>Many complex operations become easier; for example, {@code
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* Collections.min(multimap.values())} finds the smallest value across all
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* keys.
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* </ul>
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*
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* <h3>Implementations</h3>
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*
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* <p>
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* As always, prefer the immutable implementations,
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* {@link ImmutableListMultimap} and {@link ImmutableSetMultimap}.
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* General-purpose mutable implementations are listed above under "All Known
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* Implementing Classes". You can also create a <i>custom</i> multimap, backed
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* by any {@code
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* Map} and {@link Collection} types, using the {@link Multimaps#newMultimap
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* Multimaps.newMultimap} family of methods. Finally, another popular way to
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* obtain a multimap is using {@link Multimaps#index Multimaps.index}. See the
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* {@link Multimaps} class for these and other static utilities related to
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* multimaps.
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*
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* <h3>Other Notes</h3>
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*
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* <p>
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* As with {@code Map}, the behavior of a {@code Multimap} is not specified if
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* key objects already present in the multimap change in a manner that affects
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* {@code equals} comparisons. Use caution if mutable objects are used as keys
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* in a {@code Multimap}.
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*
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* <p>
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* All methods that modify the multimap are optional. The view collections
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* returned by the multimap may or may not be modifiable. Any modification
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* method that is not supported will throw
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* {@link UnsupportedOperationException}.
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*
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* <p>
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* See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
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* "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#Multimap">
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* {@code Multimap}</a>.
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*
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* @author Jared Levy
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* @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
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*/
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@GwtCompatible
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public interface Multimap<K, V> {
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// Query Operations
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/**
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* Returns the number of key-value pairs in this multimap.
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*
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* <p>
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* <b>Note:</b> this method does not return the number of <i>distinct keys</i>
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* in the multimap, which is given by {@code keySet().size()} or
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* {@code asMap().size()}. See the opening section of the {@link Multimap} class
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* documentation for clarification.
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*/
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int size();
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/**
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* Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains no key-value pairs. Equivalent
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* to {@code size() == 0}, but can in some cases be more efficient.
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*/
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boolean isEmpty();
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/**
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* Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair
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* with the key {@code key}.
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*/
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boolean containsKey(@Nullable Object key);
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/**
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* Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair
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* with the value {@code value}.
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*/
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boolean containsValue(@Nullable Object value);
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/**
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* Returns {@code true} if this multimap contains at least one key-value pair
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* with the key {@code key} and the value {@code value}.
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*/
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boolean containsEntry(@Nullable Object key, @Nullable Object value);
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// Modification Operations
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/**
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* Stores a key-value pair in this multimap.
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*
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* <p>
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* Some multimap implementations allow duplicate key-value pairs, in which case
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* {@code put} always adds a new key-value pair and increases the multimap size
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* by 1. Other implementations prohibit duplicates, and storing a key-value pair
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* that's already in the multimap has no effect.
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*
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* @return {@code true} if the method increased the size of the multimap, or
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* {@code false} if the multimap already contained the key-value pair
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* and doesn't allow duplicates
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*/
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boolean put(@Nullable K key, @Nullable V value);
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/**
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* Removes a single key-value pair with the key {@code key} and the value
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* {@code value} from this multimap, if such exists. If multiple key-value pairs
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* in the multimap fit this description, which one is removed is unspecified.
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*
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* @return {@code true} if the multimap changed
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*/
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boolean remove(@Nullable Object key, @Nullable Object value);
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// Bulk Operations
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/**
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* Stores a key-value pair in this multimap for each of {@code values}, all
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* using the same key, {@code key}. Equivalent to (but expected to be more
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* efficient than):
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*
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* <pre>
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* {@code
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*
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* for (V value : values) {
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* put(key, value);
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* }}
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* </pre>
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*
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* <p>
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* In particular, this is a no-op if {@code values} is empty.
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*
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* @return {@code true} if the multimap changed
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*/
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boolean putAll(@Nullable K key, Iterable<? extends V> values);
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/**
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* Stores all key-value pairs of {@code multimap} in this multimap, in the order
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* returned by {@code multimap.entries()}.
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*
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* @return {@code true} if the multimap changed
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*/
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boolean putAll(Multimap<? extends K, ? extends V> multimap);
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/**
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* Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing
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* values for that key.
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*
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* <p>
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* If {@code values} is empty, this is equivalent to {@link #removeAll(Object)
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* removeAll(key)}.
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*
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* @return the collection of replaced values, or an empty collection if no
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* values were previously associated with the key. The collection
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* <i>may</i> be modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the
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* multimap.
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*/
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Collection<V> replaceValues(@Nullable K key, Iterable<? extends V> values);
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/**
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* Removes all values associated with the key {@code key}.
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*
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* <p>
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* Once this method returns, {@code key} will not be mapped to any values, so it
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* will not appear in {@link #keySet()}, {@link #asMap()}, or any other views.
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*
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* @return the values that were removed (possibly empty). The returned
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* collection <i>may</i> be modifiable, but updating it will have no
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* effect on the multimap.
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*/
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Collection<V> removeAll(@Nullable Object key);
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/**
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* Removes all key-value pairs from the multimap, leaving it
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* {@linkplain #isEmpty empty}.
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*/
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void clear();
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// Views
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/**
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* Returns a view collection of the values associated with {@code key} in this
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* multimap, if any. Note that when {@code containsKey(key)} is false, this
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* returns an empty collection, not {@code null}.
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*
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* <p>
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* Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap, and
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* vice versa.
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*/
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Collection<V> get(@Nullable K key);
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/**
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* Returns a view collection of all <i>distinct</i> keys contained in this
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* multimap. Note that the key set contains a key if and only if this multimap
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* maps that key to at least one value.
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*
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* <p>
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* Changes to the returned set will update the underlying multimap, and vice
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* versa. However, <i>adding</i> to the returned set is not possible.
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*/
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Set<K> keySet();
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/**
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* Returns a view collection containing the key from each key-value pair in this
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* multimap, <i>without</i> collapsing duplicates. This collection has the same
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* size as this multimap, and {@code keys().count(k) ==
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* get(k).size()} for all {@code k}.
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*
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* <p>
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* Changes to the returned multiset will update the underlying multimap, and
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* vice versa. However, <i>adding</i> to the returned collection is not
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* possible.
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*/
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Multiset<K> keys();
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/**
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* Returns a view collection containing the <i>value</i> from each key-value
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* pair contained in this multimap, without collapsing duplicates (so {@code
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* values().size() == size()}).
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*
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* <p>
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* Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap, and
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* vice versa. However, <i>adding</i> to the returned collection is not
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* possible.
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*/
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Collection<V> values();
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/**
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* Returns a view collection of all key-value pairs contained in this multimap,
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* as {@link Map.Entry} instances.
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*
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* <p>
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* Changes to the returned collection or the entries it contains will update the
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* underlying multimap, and vice versa. However, <i>adding</i> to the returned
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* collection is not possible.
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*/
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Collection<Map.Entry<K, V>> entries();
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/**
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* Returns a view of this multimap as a {@code Map} from each distinct key to
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* the nonempty collection of that key's associated values. Note that
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* {@code this.asMap().get(k)} is equivalent to {@code this.get(k)} only when
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* {@code k} is a key contained in the multimap; otherwise it returns {@code
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* null} as opposed to an empty collection.
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*
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* <p>
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* Changes to the returned map or the collections that serve as its values will
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* update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. The map does not support
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* {@code put} or {@code putAll}, nor do its entries support
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* {@link Map.Entry#setValue setValue}.
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*/
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Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap();
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// Comparison and hashing
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/**
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* Compares the specified object with this multimap for equality. Two multimaps
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* are equal when their map views, as returned by {@link #asMap}, are also
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* equal.
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*
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* <p>
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* In general, two multimaps with identical key-value mappings may or may not be
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* equal, depending on the implementation. For example, two {@link SetMultimap}
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* instances with the same key-value mappings are equal, but equality of two
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* {@link ListMultimap} instances depends on the ordering of the values for each
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* key.
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*
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* <p>
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* A non-empty {@link SetMultimap} cannot be equal to a non-empty
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* {@link ListMultimap}, since their {@link #asMap} views contain unequal
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* collections as values. However, any two empty multimaps are equal, because
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* they both have empty {@link #asMap} views.
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*/
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@Override
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boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj);
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/**
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* Returns the hash code for this multimap.
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*
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* <p>
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* The hash code of a multimap is defined as the hash code of the map view, as
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* returned by {@link Multimap#asMap}.
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*/
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@Override
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int hashCode();
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}
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