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package com.google.common.collect;

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

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

/**
 * A bimap (or "bidirectional map") is a map that preserves the uniqueness of
 * its values as well as that of its keys. This constraint enables bimaps to
 * support an "inverse view", which is another bimap containing the same entries
 * as this bimap but with reversed keys and values.
 * 
 * <p>
 * See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#BiMap">
 * {@code BiMap}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
 */
@GwtCompatible
public interface BiMap<K, V> extends Map<K, V> {
	// Modification Operations

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the given value is already bound to a
	 *                                  different key in this bimap. The bimap will
	 *                                  remain unmodified in this event. To avoid
	 *                                  this exception, call {@link #forcePut}
	 *                                  instead.
	 */
	@Override
	V put(@Nullable K key, @Nullable V value);

	/**
	 * An alternate form of {@code put} that silently removes any existing entry
	 * with the value {@code value} before proceeding with the {@link #put}
	 * operation. If the bimap previously contained the provided key-value mapping,
	 * this method has no effect.
	 *
	 * <p>
	 * Note that a successful call to this method could cause the size of the bimap
	 * to increase by one, stay the same, or even decrease by one.
	 *
	 * <p>
	 * <b>Warning:</b> If an existing entry with this value is removed, the key for
	 * that entry is discarded and not returned.
	 *
	 * @param key   the key with which the specified value is to be associated
	 * @param value the value to be associated with the specified key
	 * @return the value which was previously associated with the key, which may be
	 *         {@code null}, or {@code null} if there was no previous entry
	 */
	V forcePut(@Nullable K key, @Nullable V value);

	// Bulk Operations

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * <p>
	 * <b>Warning:</b> the results of calling this method may vary depending on the
	 * iteration order of {@code map}.
	 *
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an attempt to {@code put} any entry
	 *                                  fails. Note that some map entries may have
	 *                                  been added to the bimap before the exception
	 *                                  was thrown.
	 */
	@Override
	void putAll(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> map);

	// Views

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 *
	 * <p>
	 * Because a bimap has unique values, this method returns a {@link Set}, instead
	 * of the {@link java.util.Collection} specified in the {@link Map} interface.
	 */
	@Override
	Set<V> values();

	/**
	 * Returns the inverse view of this bimap, which maps each of this bimap's
	 * values to its associated key. The two bimaps are backed by the same data; any
	 * changes to one will appear in the other.
	 *
	 * <p>
	 * <b>Note:</b>There is no guaranteed correspondence between the iteration order
	 * of a bimap and that of its inverse.
	 *
	 * @return the inverse view of this bimap
	 */
	BiMap<V, K> inverse();
}