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It cannot hold duplicate 108 key-value pairs; adding a key-value pair that's already in the multimap has 109 no effect. This interface does not specify the ordering of the multimap's 110 keys. 111 112 <p>The <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html#get(K)"><CODE>get(K)</CODE></A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html#removeAll(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>removeAll(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A>, and <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html#replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable)"><CODE>replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable<? extends V>)</CODE></A> methods 113 each return a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>SortedSet</CODE></A> of values, while <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#entries()"><CODE>Multimap.entries()</CODE></A> 114 returns a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>Set</CODE></A> of map entries. Though the method signature doesn't say 115 so explicitly, the map returned by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html#asMap()"><CODE>asMap()</CODE></A> has <code>SortedSet</code> 116 values. 117<P> 118 119<P> 120<DL> 121<DT><B>Since:</B></DT> 122 <DD>2010.01.04 <b>stable</b> (imported from Google Collections Library)</DD> 123<DT><B>Author:</B></DT> 124 <DD>Jared Levy</DD> 125</DL> 126<HR> 127 128<P> 129 130<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 131 132<A NAME="method_summary"><!-- --></A> 133<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 134<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 135<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 136<B>Method Summary</B></FONT></TH> 137</TR> 138<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 139<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 140<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/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">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/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>>></CODE></FONT></TD> 141<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html#asMap()">asMap</A></B>()</CODE> 142 143<BR> 144 Returns a map view that associates each key with the corresponding values 145 in the multimap.</TD> 146</TR> 147<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 148<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 149<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">SortedSet</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> 150<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html#get(K)">get</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A> key)</CODE> 151 152<BR> 153 Returns a collection view of all values associated with a key.</TD> 154</TR> 155<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 156<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 157<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">SortedSet</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> 158<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.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> 159 160<BR> 161 Removes all values associated with a given key.</TD> 162</TR> 163<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 164<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 165<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">SortedSet</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> 166<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html#replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable)">replaceValues</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A> key, 167 <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/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>> values)</CODE> 168 169<BR> 170 Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing 171 values for that key.</TD> 172</TR> 173<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 174<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> 175<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Comparator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Comparator</A><? super <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></FONT></TD> 176<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html#valueComparator()">valueComparator</A></B>()</CODE> 177 178<BR> 179 Returns the comparator that orders the multimap values, with a <code>null</code> 180 indicating that natural ordering is used.</TD> 181</TR> 182</TABLE> 183 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.google.common.collect.SetMultimap"><!-- --></A> 184<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 185<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 186<TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from interface com.google.common.collect.<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">SetMultimap</A></B></TH> 187</TR> 188<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 189<TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#entries()">entries</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#equals(java.lang.Object)">equals</A></CODE></TD> 190</TR> 191</TABLE> 192 <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_com.google.common.collect.Multimap"><!-- --></A> 193<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 194<TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="TableSubHeadingColor"> 195<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> 196</TR> 197<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> 198<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#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> 199</TR> 200</TABLE> 201 202<P> 203 204<!-- ============ METHOD DETAIL ========== --> 205 206<A NAME="method_detail"><!-- --></A> 207<TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 208<TR BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" CLASS="TableHeadingColor"> 209<TH ALIGN="left" COLSPAN="1"><FONT SIZE="+2"> 210<B>Method Detail</B></FONT></TH> 211</TR> 212</TABLE> 213 214<A NAME="get(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><A NAME="get(K)"><!-- --></A><H3> 215get</H3> 216<PRE> 217<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">SortedSet</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">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> 218 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A> key)</PRE> 219<DL> 220<DD>Returns a collection view of all values associated with a key. If no 221 mappings in the multimap have the provided key, an empty collection is 222 returned. 223 224 <p>Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap, 225 and vice versa. 226 227 <p>Because a <code>SortedSetMultimap</code> has unique sorted values for a given 228 key, this method returns a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>SortedSet</CODE></A>, instead of the 229 <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. 230<P> 231<DD><DL> 232<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/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE><DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#get(K)">get</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">SetMultimap</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL> 233</DD> 234<DD><DL> 235<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - key to search for in multimap 236<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the collection of values that the key maps to</DL> 237</DD> 238</DL> 239<HR> 240 241<A NAME="removeAll(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3> 242removeAll</H3> 243<PRE> 244<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">SortedSet</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">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> 245 <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> 246<DL> 247<DD>Removes all values associated with a given key. 248 249 <p>Because a <code>SortedSetMultimap</code> has unique sorted values for a given 250 key, this method returns a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>SortedSet</CODE></A>, instead of the 251 <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. 252<P> 253<DD><DL> 254<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/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE><DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#removeAll(java.lang.Object)">removeAll</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">SetMultimap</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL> 255</DD> 256<DD><DL> 257<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - key of entries to remove from the multimap 258<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the collection of removed values, or an empty collection if no 259 values were associated with the provided key. The collection 260 <i>may</i> be modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the 261 multimap.</DL> 262</DD> 263</DL> 264<HR> 265 266<A NAME="replaceValues(java.lang.Object,java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><A NAME="replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><H3> 267replaceValues</H3> 268<PRE> 269<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">SortedSet</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>> <B>replaceValues</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A> key, 270 <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/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>> values)</PRE> 271<DL> 272<DD>Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing 273 values for that key. 274 275 <p>Because a <code>SortedSetMultimap</code> has unique sorted values for a given 276 key, this method returns a <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>SortedSet</CODE></A>, instead of the 277 <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. 278 279 <p>Any duplicates in <code>values</code> will be stored in the multimap once. 280<P> 281<DD><DL> 282<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/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE><DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable)">replaceValues</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">SetMultimap</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL> 283</DD> 284<DD><DL> 285<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - key to store in the multimap<DD><CODE>values</CODE> - values to store in the multimap 286<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the collection of replaced values, or an empty collection if no 287 values were previously associated with the key. The collection 288 <i>may</i> be modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the 289 multimap.</DL> 290</DD> 291</DL> 292<HR> 293 294<A NAME="asMap()"><!-- --></A><H3> 295asMap</H3> 296<PRE> 297<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/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">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/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>>> <B>asMap</B>()</PRE> 298<DL> 299<DD>Returns a map view that associates each key with the corresponding values 300 in the multimap. Changes to the returned map, such as element removal, 301 will update the underlying multimap. The map never supports 302 <code>setValue()</code> on the map entries, <code>put</code>, or <code>putAll</code>. 303 304 <p>The collections returned by <code>asMap().get(Object)</code> have the same 305 behavior as those returned by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html#get(K)"><CODE>get(K)</CODE></A>. 306 307 <p>Though the method signature doesn't say so explicitly, the returned map 308 has <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util"><CODE>SortedSet</CODE></A> values. 309<P> 310<DD><DL> 311<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/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE><DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#asMap()">asMap</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">SetMultimap</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL> 312</DD> 313<DD><DL> 314 315<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a map view from a key to its collection of values</DL> 316</DD> 317</DL> 318<HR> 319 320<A NAME="valueComparator()"><!-- --></A><H3> 321valueComparator</H3> 322<PRE> 323<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Comparator.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Comparator</A><? super <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SortedSetMultimap">V</A>> <B>valueComparator</B>()</PRE> 324<DL> 325<DD>Returns the comparator that orders the multimap values, with a <code>null</code> 326 indicating that natural ordering is used. 327<P> 328<DD><DL> 329</DL> 330</DD> 331<DD><DL> 332</DL> 333</DD> 334</DL> 335<!-- ========= END OF CLASS DATA ========= --> 336<HR> 337 338 339<!-- ======= START OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ====== --> 340<A NAME="navbar_bottom"><!-- --></A> 341<A HREF="#skip-navbar_bottom" title="Skip navigation links"></A> 342<TABLE BORDER="0" WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" SUMMARY=""> 343<TR> 344<TD COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> 345<A NAME="navbar_bottom_firstrow"><!-- --></A> 346<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="3" SUMMARY=""> 347 <TR ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top"> 348 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../overview-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Overview</B></FONT></A> </TD> 349 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-summary.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Package</B></FONT></A> </TD> 350 <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1Rev"> <FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1Rev"><B>Class</B></FONT> </TD> 351 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="class-use/SortedSetMultimap.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Use</B></FONT></A> </TD> 352 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="package-tree.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Tree</B></FONT></A> </TD> 353 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../deprecated-list.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Deprecated</B></FONT></A> </TD> 354 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../index-all.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Index</B></FONT></A> </TD> 355 <TD BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF" CLASS="NavBarCell1"> <A HREF="../../../../help-doc.html"><FONT CLASS="NavBarFont1"><B>Help</B></FONT></A> </TD> 356 </TR> 357</TABLE> 358</TD> 359<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN=3><EM> 360</EM> 361</TD> 362</TR> 363 364<TR> 365<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 366 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Sets.SetView.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect"><B>PREV CLASS</B></A> 367 <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/TreeMultimap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect"><B>NEXT CLASS</B></A></FONT></TD> 368<TD BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="NavBarCell2"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 369 <A HREF="../../../../index.html?com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" target="_top"><B>FRAMES</B></A> 370 <A HREF="SortedSetMultimap.html" target="_top"><B>NO FRAMES</B></A> 371 <SCRIPT type="text/javascript"> 372 <!-- 373 if(window==top) { 374 document.writeln('<A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A>'); 375 } 376 //--> 377</SCRIPT> 378<NOSCRIPT> 379 <A HREF="../../../../allclasses-noframe.html"><B>All Classes</B></A> 380</NOSCRIPT> 381 382 383</FONT></TD> 384</TR> 385<TR> 386<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 387 SUMMARY: NESTED | FIELD | CONSTR | <A HREF="#method_summary">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 388<TD VALIGN="top" CLASS="NavBarCell3"><FONT SIZE="-2"> 389DETAIL: FIELD | CONSTR | <A HREF="#method_detail">METHOD</A></FONT></TD> 390</TR> 391</TABLE> 392<A NAME="skip-navbar_bottom"></A> 393<!-- ======== END OF BOTTOM NAVBAR ======= --> 394 395<HR> 396 397</BODY> 398</HTML> 399