001/* 002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 003 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with 004 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. 005 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 006 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 007 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 008 * 009 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 010 * 011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 015 * limitations under the License. 016 */ 017 018package org.apache.commons.collections4; 019 020import java.util.Set; 021 022/** 023 * Defines a map that allows bidirectional lookup between key and values. 024 * <p> 025 * This extended {@code Map} represents a mapping where a key may lookup a value and a value may lookup a key with equal ease. This interface extends 026 * {@code Map} and so may be used anywhere a map is required. The interface provides an inverse map view, enabling full access to both directions of the 027 * {@code BidiMap}. 028 * </p> 029 * <p> 030 * 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. 031 * </p> 032 * <p> 033 * This map enforces the restriction that there is a 1:1 relation between keys and values, meaning that multiple keys cannot map to the same value. This is 034 * required so that "inverting" the map results in a map without duplicate keys. See the {@link #put} method description for more information. 035 * </p> 036 * 037 * @param <K> The type of the keys in the map 038 * @param <V> The type of the values in the map 039 * @since 3.0 040 */ 041public interface BidiMap<K, V> extends IterableMap<K, V> { 042 043 /** 044 * Gets the key that is currently mapped to the specified value. 045 * <p> 046 * If the value is not contained in the map, {@code null} is returned. 047 * </p> 048 * <p> 049 * Implementations should seek to make this method perform equally as well as {@code get(Object)}. 050 * </p> 051 * 052 * @param value The value to find the key for. 053 * @return The mapped key, or {@code null} if not found. 054 * @throws ClassCastException (optional) if the map limits the type of the value and the specified value is inappropriate. 055 * @throws NullPointerException (optional) if the map limits the values to non-null and null was specified. 056 */ 057 K getKey(Object value); 058 059 /** 060 * Gets a view of this map where the keys and values are reversed. 061 * <p> 062 * 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}. 063 * </p> 064 * <p> 065 * Implementations should seek to avoid creating a new object every time this method is called. See {@code AbstractMap.values()} etc. Calling this method on 066 * the inverse map should return the original. 067 * </p> 068 * 069 * @return An inverted bidirectional map 070 */ 071 BidiMap<V, K> inverseBidiMap(); 072 073 /** 074 * Puts the key-value pair into the map, replacing any previous pair. 075 * <p> 076 * When adding a key-value pair, the value may already exist in the map against a different key. That mapping is removed, to ensure that the value only 077 * occurs once in the inverse map. 078 * </p> 079 * 080 * <pre> 081 * BidiMap map1 = new DualHashBidiMap(); 082 * map.put("A", "B"); // contains A mapped to B, as per Map 083 * map.put("A", "C"); // contains A mapped to C, as per Map 084 * BidiMap map2 = new DualHashBidiMap(); 085 * map.put("A", "B"); // contains A mapped to B, as per Map 086 * map.put("C", "B"); // contains C mapped to B, key A is removed 087 * </pre> 088 * 089 * @param key The key to store. 090 * @param value The value to store. 091 * @return The previous value mapped to this key. 092 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the {@code put} method is not supported. 093 * @throws ClassCastException (optional) if the map limits the type of the value and the specified value is inappropriate. 094 * @throws IllegalArgumentException (optional) if the map limits the values in some way and the value was invalid. 095 * @throws NullPointerException (optional) if the map limits the values to non-null and null was specified. 096 */ 097 @Override 098 V put(K key, V value); 099 100 /** 101 * Removes the key-value pair that is currently mapped to the specified value (optional operation). 102 * <p> 103 * If the value is not contained in the map, {@code null} is returned. 104 * </p> 105 * <p> 106 * Implementations should seek to make this method perform equally as well as {@code remove(Object)}. 107 * </p> 108 * 109 * @param value The value to find the key-value pair for. 110 * @return The key that was removed, {@code null} if nothing removed. 111 * @throws ClassCastException (optional) if the map limits the type of the value and the specified value is inappropriate. 112 * @throws NullPointerException (optional) if the map limits the values to non-null and null was specified. 113 * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if this method is not supported by the implementation. 114 */ 115 K removeValue(Object value); 116 117 /** 118 * Returns a {@link Set} view of the values contained in this map. The set is backed by the map, so changes to the map are reflected in the set, and 119 * vice-versa. If the map is modified while an iteration over the set is in progress (except through the iterator's own {@code remove} operation), the 120 * results of the iteration are undefined. The set supports element removal, which removes the corresponding mapping from the map, via the 121 * {@code Iterator.remove}, {@code Collection.remove}, {@code removeAll}, {@code retainAll} and {@code clear} operations. It does not support the 122 * {@code add} or {@code addAll} operations. 123 * 124 * @return A set view of the values contained in this map. 125 */ 126 @Override 127 Set<V> values(); 128}