Interface SetMultimap<K,V>
- All Superinterfaces:
Multimap<K,
V>
- All Known Subinterfaces:
SortedSetMultimap<K,
V>
- All Known Implementing Classes:
ForwardingSetMultimap
,ForwardingSortedSetMultimap
,HashMultimap
,ImmutableSetMultimap
,LinkedHashMultimap
,TreeMultimap
Multimap
that cannot hold duplicate key-value pairs. Adding a
key-value pair that's already in the multimap has no effect. See the Multimap
documentation for information common to all multimaps.
The get(K)
, removeAll(java.lang.Object)
, and replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable<? extends V>)
methods
each return a Set
of values, while entries()
returns a
Set
of map entries. Though the method signature doesn't say so explicitly,
the map returned by asMap()
has Set
values.
If the values corresponding to a single key should be ordered according to
a Comparator
(or the natural order), see the
SortedSetMultimap
subinterface.
Since the value collections are sets, the behavior of a SetMultimap
is not specified if key or value objects already present in the
multimap change in a manner that affects equals
comparisons.
Use caution if mutable objects are used as keys or values in a
SetMultimap
.
See the Guava User Guide article on
Multimap
.
- Since:
- 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionMap
<K, Collection<V>> asMap()
Deprecated.Returns a map view that associates each key with the corresponding values in the multimap.entries()
Deprecated.Returns a collection of all key-value pairs.boolean
Deprecated.Compares the specified object to this multimap for equality.Deprecated.Returns a collection view containing the values associated withkey
in this multimap, if any.Deprecated.Removes all values associated with a given key.replaceValues
(K key, Iterable<? extends V> values) Deprecated.Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing values for that key.Methods inherited from interface com.google.common.collect.Multimap
clear, containsEntry, containsKey, containsValue, hashCode, isEmpty, keys, keySet, put, putAll, putAll, remove, size, values
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Method Details
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get
Deprecated.Returns a collection view containing the values associated withkey
in this multimap, if any. Note that even when (containsKey(key)
is false,get(key)
still returns an empty collection, notnull
.Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa.
Because a
SetMultimap
has unique values for a given key, this method returns aSet
, instead of theCollection
specified in theMultimap
interface. -
removeAll
Deprecated.Removes all values associated with a given key.Once this method returns,
key
will not be mapped to any values, so it will not appear inMultimap.keySet()
,Multimap.asMap()
, or any other views.Because a
SetMultimap
has unique values for a given key, this method returns aSet
, instead of theCollection
specified in theMultimap
interface.- Specified by:
removeAll
in interfaceMultimap<K,
V> - Parameters:
key
- key of entries to remove from the multimap- Returns:
- the collection of removed values, or an empty collection if no values were associated with the provided key. The collection may be modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the multimap.
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replaceValues
Deprecated.Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing values for that key.If
values
is empty, this is equivalent toremoveAll(key)
.Because a
SetMultimap
has unique values for a given key, this method returns aSet
, instead of theCollection
specified in theMultimap
interface.Any duplicates in
values
will be stored in the multimap once.- Specified by:
replaceValues
in interfaceMultimap<K,
V> - Parameters:
key
- key to store in the multimapvalues
- values to store in the multimap- 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.
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entries
Deprecated.Returns a collection of all key-value pairs. Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. The entries collection does not support theadd
oraddAll
operations.Because a
SetMultimap
has unique values for a given key, this method returns aSet
, instead of theCollection
specified in theMultimap
interface. -
asMap
Map<K,Collection<V>> asMap()Deprecated.Returns a map view that associates each key with the corresponding values in the multimap. Changes to the returned map, such as element removal, will update the underlying multimap. The map does not supportsetValue()
on its entries,put
, orputAll
.When passed a key that is present in the map,
asMap().get(Object)
has the same behavior asMultimap.get(K)
, returning a live collection. When passed a key that is not present, however,asMap().get(Object)
returnsnull
instead of an empty collection.Note: The returned map's values are guaranteed to be of type
Set
. To obtain this map with the more specific generic typeMap<K, Set<V>>
, callMultimaps.asMap(SetMultimap)
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equals
Deprecated.Compares the specified object to this multimap for equality.Two
SetMultimap
instances are equal if, for each key, they contain the same values. Equality does not depend on the ordering of keys or values.An empty
SetMultimap
is equal to any other emptyMultimap
, including an emptyListMultimap
.
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