net.sf.collections15
Interface OrderedBidiMap<K,V>

All Superinterfaces:

BidiMap<K,V>, IterableMap<K,V>, java.util.Map<K,V>, OrderedMap<K,V>

All Known Subinterfaces:

SortedBidiMap<K,V>

public interface OrderedBidiMap<K,V>
extends BidiMap<K,V>, OrderedMap<K,V>

Defines a map that allows bidirectional lookup between key and values and retains and provides access to an ordering.

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: 1.2 $ $Date: 2004/10/17 01:02:42 $

Author:

Stephen Colebourne

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface java.util.Map

java.util.Map.Entry<K,V>

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface java.util.Map

java.util.Map.Entry<K,V>

Method Summary

BidiMap<V,K>	inverseBidiMap() Gets a view of this map where the keys and values are reversed.
OrderedBidiMap<V,K>	inverseOrderedBidiMap() Gets a view of this map where the keys and values are reversed.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.collections15.BidiMap

getKey, mapIterator, put, removeValue

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

clear, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, putAll, remove, size, values

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.collections15.OrderedMap

firstKey, lastKey, nextKey, orderedMapIterator, previousKey

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

clear, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, putAll, remove, size, values

Method Detail

inverseBidiMap

BidiMap<V,K> inverseBidiMap()

Gets a view of this map where the keys and values are reversed.

Changes to one map will be visible in the other and vice versa. This enables both directions of the map to be accessed equally.

Implementations should seek to avoid creating a new object every time this method is called. See AbstractMap.values() etc. Calling this method on the inverse map should return the original.

Implementations must return an OrderedBidiMap instance, usually by forwarding to inverseOrderedBidiMap().

Specified by:

inverseBidiMap in interface BidiMap<K,V>

Returns:

an inverted bidirectional map

inverseOrderedBidiMap

OrderedBidiMap<V,K> inverseOrderedBidiMap()

Gets a view of this map where the keys and values are reversed.

Changes to one map will be visible in the other and vice versa. This enables both directions of the map to be accessed equally.

Implementations should seek to avoid creating a new object every time this method is called. See AbstractMap.values() etc. Calling this method on the inverse map should return the original.

Returns:

an inverted bidirectional map