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Though the method signature doesn't say 111 so explicitly, the map returned by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html#asMap()"><CODE>asMap()</CODE></A> has <code>List</code> values. 112<P> 113 114<P> 115<DL> 116<DT><B>Since:</B></DT> 117 <DD>2010.01.04 <b>stable</b> (imported from Google Collections Library)</DD> 118<DT><B>Author:</B></DT> 119 <DD>Jared Levy</DD> 120</DL> 121<HR> 122 123<P> 124 125<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 126 127<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 128<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 129<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 130<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 131<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 132</TR> 133<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 134<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 135<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>>></CODE></FONT></TD> 136<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html#asMap()">asMap</A></B>()</CODE> 137 138<BR> 139 Returns a map view that associates each key with the corresponding values 140 in the multimap.</TD> 141</TR> 142<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 143<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 144<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> 145<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> obj)</CODE> 146 147<BR> 148 Compares the specified object to this multimap for equality.</TD> 149</TR> 150<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 151<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 152<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> 153<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html#get(K)">get</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">K</A> key)</CODE> 154 155<BR> 156 Returns a collection view of all values associated with a key.</TD> 157</TR> 158<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 159<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 160<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> 161<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html#removeAll(java.lang.Object)">removeAll</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> key)</CODE> 162 163<BR> 164 Removes all values associated with a given key.</TD> 165</TR> 166<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 167<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 168<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> 169<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html#replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable)">replaceValues</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">K</A> key, 170 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>> values)</CODE> 171 172<BR> 173 Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing 174 values for that key.</TD> 175</TR> 176</TABLE> 177 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.google.common.collect.Multimap"><!-- --></A> 178<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 179<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 180<TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from interface com.google.common.collect.<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multimap</A></B></TH> 181</TR> 182<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 183<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#clear()">clear</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#containsEntry(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)">containsEntry</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#containsKey(java.lang.Object)">containsKey</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#containsValue(java.lang.Object)">containsValue</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#entries()">entries</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#hashCode()">hashCode</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#isEmpty()">isEmpty</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#keys()">keys</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#keySet()">keySet</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#put(K, V)">put</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#putAll(K, java.lang.Iterable)">putAll</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#putAll(com.google.common.collect.Multimap)">putAll</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#remove(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)">remove</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#size()">size</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#values()">values</A></CODE></TD> 184</TR> 185</TABLE> 186 187<P> 188 189<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 190 191<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 192<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 193<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 194<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 195<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 196</TR> 197</TABLE> 198 199<A NAME="get(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><A NAME="get(K)"><!-- --></A><H3> 200get</H3> 201<PRE> 202<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>> <B>get</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT> 203 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">K</A> key)</PRE> 204<DL> 205<DD>Returns a collection view of all values associated with a key. If no 206 mappings in the multimap have the provided key, an empty collection is 207 returned. 208 209 <p>Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap, 210 and vice versa. 211 212 <p>Because the values for a given key may have duplicates and follow the 213 insertion ordering, this method returns a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>List</CODE></A>, instead of the 214 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Collection</CODE></A> specified in the <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect"><CODE>Multimap</CODE></A> interface. 215<P> 216<DD><DL> 217<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#get(K)">get</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multimap</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL> 218</DD> 219<DD><DL> 220<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - key to search for in multimap 221<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the collection of values that the key maps to</DL> 222</DD> 223</DL> 224<HR> 225 226<A NAME="removeAll(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3> 227removeAll</H3> 228<PRE> 229<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>> <B>removeAll</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT> 230 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> key)</PRE> 231<DL> 232<DD>Removes all values associated with a given key. 233 234 <p>Because the values for a given key may have duplicates and follow the 235 insertion ordering, this method returns a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>List</CODE></A>, instead of the 236 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Collection</CODE></A> specified in the <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect"><CODE>Multimap</CODE></A> interface. 237<P> 238<DD><DL> 239<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#removeAll(java.lang.Object)">removeAll</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multimap</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL> 240</DD> 241<DD><DL> 242<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - key of entries to remove from the multimap 243<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the collection of removed values, or an empty collection if no 244 values were associated with the provided key. The collection 245 <i>may</i> be modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the 246 multimap.</DL> 247</DD> 248</DL> 249<HR> 250 251<A NAME="replaceValues(java.lang.Object,java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><A NAME="replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><H3> 252replaceValues</H3> 253<PRE> 254<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>> <B>replaceValues</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">K</A> key, 255 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A><? extends <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>> values)</PRE> 256<DL> 257<DD>Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing 258 values for that key. 259 260 <p>Because the values for a given key may have duplicates and follow the 261 insertion ordering, this method returns a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>List</CODE></A>, instead of the 262 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Collection</CODE></A> specified in the <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect"><CODE>Multimap</CODE></A> interface. 263<P> 264<DD><DL> 265<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable)">replaceValues</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multimap</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL> 266</DD> 267<DD><DL> 268<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - key to store in the multimap<DD><CODE>values</CODE> - values to store in the multimap 269<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the collection of replaced values, or an empty collection if no 270 values were previously associated with the key. The collection 271 <i>may</i> be modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the 272 multimap.</DL> 273</DD> 274</DL> 275<HR> 276 277<A NAME="asMap()"><!-- --></A><H3> 278asMap</H3> 279<PRE> 280<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Collection.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Collection</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>>> <B>asMap</B>()</PRE> 281<DL> 282<DD>Returns a map view that associates each key with the corresponding values 283 in the multimap. Changes to the returned map, such as element removal, 284 will update the underlying multimap. The map does not support 285 <code>setValue()</code> on its entries, <code>put</code>, or <code>putAll</code>. 286 287 <p>The collections returned by <code>asMap().get(Object)</code> have the same 288 behavior as those returned by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#get(K)"><CODE>Multimap.get(K)</CODE></A>. 289 290 <p>Though the method signature doesn't say so explicitly, the returned map 291 has <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>List</CODE></A> values. 292<P> 293<DD><DL> 294<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#asMap()">asMap</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multimap</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ListMultimap.html" title="type parameter in ListMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL> 295</DD> 296<DD><DL> 297 298<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a map view from a key to its collection of values</DL> 299</DD> 300</DL> 301<HR> 302 303<A NAME="equals(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3> 304equals</H3> 305<PRE> 306boolean <B>equals</B>(<FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="http://jsr-305.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javadoc/javax/annotation/Nullable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in javax.annotation">@Nullable</A></FONT> 307 <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A> obj)</PRE> 308<DL> 309<DD>Compares the specified object to this multimap for equality. 310 311 <p>Two <code>ListMultimap</code> instances are equal if, for each key, they 312 contain the same values in the same order. 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