cvs commit: jakarta-commons/collections/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections SortedBidiMap.java

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scolebourne    2003/09/21 08:23:04

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  /*
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  package org.apache.commons.collections;
  
  import java.util.SortedMap;
  
  /**
   * Defines a map that allows bidirectional lookup between key and values
   * and retains both keys and values in sorted order.
   * <p>
   * Implementations should allow a value to be looked up from a key and
   * a key to be looked up from a value with equal performance.
   *  
   * @since Commons Collections 3.0
   * @version $Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 2003/09/21 15:23:04 $
   *
   * @author Stephen Colebourne
   */
  public interface SortedBidiMap extends SortedMap, BidiMap {
      
      /**
       * Gets a view of this map where the keys and values are reversed.
       * <p>
       * Changes to one map will be visible in the other and vice versa.
       * This enables both directions of the map to be accessed as a <code>SortedMap</code>.
       * <p>
       * Implementations should seek to avoid creating a new object every time this
       * method is called. See <code>AbstractMap.values()</code> etc. Calling this
       * method on the inverse map should return the original.
       *
       * @return an inverted bidirectional map
       */
      public SortedBidiMap inverseSortedBidiMap();
      
  }