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Interface SetMultimap<K,V></H2>
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<DT><B>All Superinterfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multimap</A><K,V></DD>
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<DT><B>All Known Subinterfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SortedSetMultimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">SortedSetMultimap</A><K,V></DD>
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<DT><B>All Known Implementing Classes:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/HashMultimap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">HashMultimap</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/ImmutableSetMultimap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">ImmutableSetMultimap</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/LinkedHashMultimap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">LinkedHashMultimap</A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/TreeMultimap.html" title="class in com.google.common.collect">TreeMultimap</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>SetMultimap<K,V></B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html" title="interface in com.google.common.collect">Multimap</A><K,V></DL>
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A <code>Multimap</code> that cannot hold duplicate key-value pairs. Adding a
key-value pair that's already in the multimap has no effect.
<p>The <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#get(K)"><CODE>get(K)</CODE></A>, <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#removeAll(java.lang.Object)"><CODE>removeAll(java.lang.Object)</CODE></A>, and <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable)"><CODE>replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable<? extends V>)</CODE></A> methods
each return 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 values, while <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#entries()"><CODE>entries()</CODE></A> returns a <code>Set</code> of map entries. Though the method signature doesn't say so explicitly,
the map returned by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#asMap()"><CODE>asMap()</CODE></A> has <code>Set</code> values.
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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>Jared Levy</DD>
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<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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>>></CODE></FONT></TD>
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Returns a map view that associates each key with the corresponding values
in the multimap.</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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>>></CODE></FONT></TD>
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Returns a collection of all key-value pairs.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.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>
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Compares the specified object to this multimap for equality.</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="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#get(K)">get</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">K</A> key)</CODE>
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Returns a collection view of all values associated with a key.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.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>
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Removes all values associated with a given key.</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="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html#replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable)">replaceValues</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">K</A> key,
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Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing
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<A NAME="get(java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><A NAME="get(K)"><!-- --></A><H3>
get</H3>
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<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="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">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>
<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">K</A> key)</PRE>
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<DD>Returns a collection view of all values associated with a key. If no
mappings in the multimap have the provided key, an empty collection is
returned.
<p>Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap,
and vice versa.
<p>Because a <code>SetMultimap</code> has unique values for a given key, this
method 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>, instead of the <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.
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<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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL>
</DD>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - key to search for in multimap
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the collection of values that the key maps to</DL>
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removeAll</H3>
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<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="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">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>
<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>
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<DD>Removes all values associated with a given key.
<p>Because a <code>SetMultimap</code> has unique values for a given key, this
method 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>, instead of the <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.
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<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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - key of entries to remove from the multimap
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the collection of removed values, or an empty collection if no
values were associated with the provided key. The collection
<i>may</i> be modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the
multimap.</DL>
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<A NAME="replaceValues(java.lang.Object,java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><A NAME="replaceValues(K, java.lang.Iterable)"><!-- --></A><H3>
replaceValues</H3>
<PRE>
<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="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>> <B>replaceValues</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">K</A> key,
<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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>> values)</PRE>
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<DD>Stores a collection of values with the same key, replacing any existing
values for that key.
<p>Because a <code>SetMultimap</code> has unique values for a given key, this
method 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>, instead of the <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.
<p>Any duplicates in <code>values</code> will be stored in the multimap once.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>key</CODE> - key to store in the multimap<DD><CODE>values</CODE> - values to store in the multimap
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the collection of replaced values, or an empty collection if no
values were previously associated with the key. The collection
<i>may</i> be modifiable, but updating it will have no effect on the
multimap.</DL>
</DD>
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<A NAME="entries()"><!-- --></A><H3>
entries</H3>
<PRE>
<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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>>> <B>entries</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Returns a collection of all key-value pairs. Changes to the returned
collection will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa. The entries
collection does not support the <code>add</code> or <code>addAll</code> operations.
<p>Because a <code>SetMultimap</code> has unique values for a given key, this
method 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>, instead of the <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.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#entries()">entries</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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL>
</DD>
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>collection of map entries consisting of key-value pairs</DL>
</DD>
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asMap</H3>
<PRE>
<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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>>> <B>asMap</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Returns a map view that associates each key with the corresponding values
in the multimap. Changes to the returned map, such as element removal,
will update the underlying multimap. The map does not support
<code>setValue()</code> on its entries, <code>put</code>, or <code>putAll</code>.
<p>The collections returned by <code>asMap().get(Object)</code> have the same
behavior as those returned by <A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/Multimap.html#get(K)"><CODE>Multimap.get(K)</CODE></A>.
<p>Though the method signature doesn't say so explicitly, the returned map
has <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> values.
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<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/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">K</A>,<A HREF="../../../../com/google/common/collect/SetMultimap.html" title="type parameter in SetMultimap">V</A>></CODE></DL>
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boolean <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>
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<DD>Compares the specified object to this multimap for equality.
<p>Two <code>SetMultimap</code> instances are equal if, for each key, they
contain the same values. Equality does not depend on the ordering of keys
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