org.modeshape.common.collection
Interface ListMultimap<K,V>

Type Parameters:

K - the key type

V - the value type

All Superinterfaces:

Multimap<K,V>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayListMultimap, LinkedListMultimap

public interface ListMultimap<K,V>
extends Multimap<K,V>

A collection similar to Map, but which may associate multiple values with any single key.

Some implementation may not allow duplicate key-value pairs. In such implementations, calling #pu

Method Summary

List<V>

get(K key) Get the collection of values that are associated with the supplied key.

Methods inherited from interface org.modeshape.common.collection.Multimap

asMap, clear, containsEntry, containsKey, containsValue, entries, isEmpty, keySet, put, remove, removeAll, size, values

Method Detail

get

List<V> get(K key)

Get the collection of values that are associated with the supplied key.

Changes to the returned collection will update the values that this multimap associates with the key.

Specified by:

get in interface Multimap<K,V>

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the collection of values, or an empty collection if the supplied key was not associated with any values