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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2007 The Guava Authors
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7  *
8  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14  * limitations under the License.
15  */
16 
17 package com.google.common.collect;
18 
19 import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
20 
21 import java.util.Map;
22 
23 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
24 
25 /**
26  * A map, each entry of which maps a Java
27  * <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2cmwkz">raw type</a> to an instance of that type.
28  * In addition to implementing {@code Map}, the additional type-safe operations
29  * {@link #putInstance} and {@link #getInstance} are available.
30  *
31  * <p>Like any other {@code Map<Class, Object>}, this map may contain entries
32  * for primitive types, and a primitive type and its corresponding wrapper type
33  * may map to different values.
34  *
35  * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
36  * "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#ClassToInstanceMap">
37  * {@code ClassToInstanceMap}</a>.
38  *
39  * <p>To map a generic type to an instance of that type, use {@link
40  * com.google.common.reflect.TypeToInstanceMap} instead.
41  *
42  * @param <B> the common supertype that all entries must share; often this is
43  *     simply {@link Object}
44  *
45  * @author Kevin Bourrillion
46  * @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
47  */
48 @GwtCompatible
49 public interface ClassToInstanceMap<B> extends Map<Class<? extends B>, B> {
50   /**
51    * Returns the value the specified class is mapped to, or {@code null} if no
52    * entry for this class is present. This will only return a value that was
53    * bound to this specific class, not a value that may have been bound to a
54    * subtype.
55    */
getInstance(Class<T> type)56   <T extends B> T getInstance(Class<T> type);
57 
58   /**
59    * Maps the specified class to the specified value. Does <i>not</i> associate
60    * this value with any of the class's supertypes.
61    *
62    * @return the value previously associated with this class (possibly {@code
63    *     null}), or {@code null} if there was no previous entry.
64    */
putInstance(Class<T> type, @Nullable T value)65   <T extends B> T putInstance(Class<T> type, @Nullable T value);
66 }
67