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package org.glassfish.jersey.internal.guava;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * A {@code Multimap} that cannot hold duplicate key-value pairs. Adding a
 * key-value pair that's already in the multimap has no effect. See the {@link
 * Multimap} documentation for information common to all multimaps.
 * <p>
 * <p>The {@link #get}, {@link #removeAll}, and {@link #replaceValues} methods
 * each return a {@link Set} of values, while {@link #entries} returns a {@code
 * Set} of map entries. Though the method signature doesn't say so explicitly,
 * the map returned by {@link #asMap} has {@code Set} values.
 * <p>
 * <p>If the values corresponding to a single key should be ordered according to
 * a {@link java.util.Comparator} (or the natural order), see the
 * {@link SortedSetMultimap} subinterface.
 * <p>
 * <p>Since the value collections are sets, the behavior of a {@code SetMultimap}
 * is not specified if key <em>or value</em> objects already present in the
 * multimap change in a manner that affects {@code equals} comparisons.
 * Use caution if mutable objects are used as keys or values in a
 * {@code SetMultimap}.
 * <p>
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#Multimap">
 * {@code Multimap}</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
 */
public interface SetMultimap<K, V> extends Multimap<K, V> {
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     * <p>
     * <p>Because a {@code SetMultimap} has unique values for a given key, this
     * method returns a {@link Set}, instead of the {@link Collection}
     * specified in the {@link Multimap} interface.
     */
    @Override
    Set<V> get(K key);

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     * <p>
     * <p>Because a {@code SetMultimap} has unique values for a given key, this
     * method returns a {@link Set}, instead of the {@link Collection}
     * specified in the {@link Multimap} interface.
     */
    @Override
    Set<V> removeAll(Object key);

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     * <p>
     * <p>Because a {@code SetMultimap} has unique values for a given key, this
     * method returns a {@link Set}, instead of the {@link Collection}
     * specified in the {@link Multimap} interface.
     */
    @Override
    Set<Map.Entry<K, V>> entries();

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     * <p>
     * <p><b>Note:</b> The returned map's values are guaranteed to be of type
     * {@link Set}. To obtain this map with the more specific generic type
     * {@code Map<K, Set<V>>}, call {@link Multimaps#asMap(SetMultimap)} instead.
     */
    @Override
    Map<K, Collection<V>> asMap();

    /**
     * Compares the specified object to this multimap for equality.
     * <p>
     * <p>Two {@code SetMultimap} instances are equal if, for each key, they
     * contain the same values. Equality does not depend on the ordering of keys
     * or values.
     * <p>
     * <p>An empty {@code SetMultimap} is equal to any other empty {@code
     * Multimap}, including an empty {@code ListMultimap}.
     */
    @Override
    boolean equals(Object obj);
}
