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package org.apache.commons.collections;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* Defines a map that allows bidirectional lookup between key and values.
* <p>
* Implementations should allow a value to be looked up from a key and
* a key to be looked up from a value with equal performance.
*
* @since Commons Collections 3.0
* @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2003/09/20 20:24:30 $
*
* @author Stephen Colebourne
*/
public interface BidiMap extends Map {
/**
* Gets the key that is currently mapped to the specified value.
* <p>
* If the value is not contained in the map, <code>null</code> is returned.
* <p>
* Implementations should seek to make this method perform equally as well
* as <code>get(Object)</code>.
*
* @param value the value to find the key for
* @return the mapped key, or <code>null</code> if not found
*
* @throws ClassCastException (optional) if the map limits the type of the
* value and the specifed value is inappropriate
* @throws NullPointerException (optional) if the map limits the values to
* non-null and null was specified
*/
public Object getKey(Object value);
/**
* Removes the key-value pair that is currently mapped to the specified
* value (optional operation).
* <p>
* If the value is not contained in the map, <code>null</code> is returned.
* <p>
* Implementations should seek to make this method perform equally as well
* as <code>remove(Object)</code>.
*
* @param value the value to find the key-value pair for
* @return the key that was removed, <code>null</code> if nothing removed
*
* @throws ClassCastException (optional) if the map limits the type of the
* value and the specifed value is inappropriate
* @throws NullPointerException (optional) if the map limits the values to
* non-null and null was specified
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if this method is not supported
* by the implementation
*/
public Object removeKey(Object value);
/**
* Gets a view of this map where the keys and values are reversed.
* <p>
* Changes to one map will be visible in the other and vice versa.
* This enables both directions of the map to be accessed as a <code>Map</code>.
* <p>
* Implementations should seek to avoid creating a new object every time this
* method is called. See <code>AbstractMap.values()</code> etc. Calling this
* method on the inverse map should return the original.
*
* @return an inverted bidirectional map
*/
public BidiMap inverseBidiMap();
}