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Class ForwardingMap<K,V></H2>
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<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">java.lang.Object</A>
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<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD><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><K,V></DD>
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<DT><B>Direct Known Subclasses:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/EnumBiMap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">EnumBiMap</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/EnumHashBiMap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">EnumHashBiMap</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingConcurrentMap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ForwardingConcurrentMap</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingSortedMap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ForwardingSortedMap</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/HashBiMap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">HashBiMap</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableClassToInstanceMap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ImmutableClassToInstanceMap</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/MutableClassToInstanceMap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">MutableClassToInstanceMap</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public abstract class <B>ForwardingMap<K,V></B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingObject.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ForwardingObject</A><DT>implements <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><K,V></DL>
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A map which forwards all its method calls to another map. Subclasses should
override one or more methods to modify the behavior of the backing map as
desired per the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorator_pattern">decorator pattern</a>.
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<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
<DD>2010.01.04 <b>stable</b> (imported from Google Collections Library)</DD>
<DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
<DD>Kevin Bourrillion, Jared Levy</DD>
<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingObject.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect"><CODE>ForwardingObject</CODE></A></DL>
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<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
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<CODE>protected abstract <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/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">V</A>></CODE></FONT></TD>
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Returns the backing delegate instance that methods are forwarded to.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.Entry.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map.Entry</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">V</A>>></CODE></FONT></TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">V</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
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<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
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ForwardingMap</H3>
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public <B>ForwardingMap</B>()</PRE>
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delegate</H3>
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protected abstract <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/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">V</A>> <B>delegate</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Returns the backing delegate instance that methods are forwarded to.
Abstract subclasses generally override this method with an abstract method
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containsValue</H3>
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public boolean <B>containsValue</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> value)</PRE>
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get</H3>
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public <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">V</A> <B>put</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">K</A> key,
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putAll</H3>
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public void <B>putAll</B>(<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><? extends <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">K</A>,? extends <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">V</A>> map)</PRE>
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keySet</H3>
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values</H3>
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entrySet</H3>
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public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</A><<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.Entry.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map.Entry</A><<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ForwardingMap.html" title="type parameter in ForwardingMap">V</A>>> <B>entrySet</B>()</PRE>
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equals</H3>
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hashCode</H3>
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