| package gov.nist.core; |
| |
| /* |
| * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| |
| import java.util.Map; |
| |
| /** |
| * This is simply a Map with slightly different semantics. |
| * Instead of returning an Object, it returns a Collection. |
| * So for example, you can put( key, new Integer(1) ); |
| * and then a Object get( key ); will return you a Collection |
| * instead of an Integer. |
| * Thus, this is simply a tag interface. |
| * |
| * @since 2.0 |
| * @author Christopher Berry |
| * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a> |
| */ |
| public interface MultiMap extends Map { |
| |
| public Object remove( Object key, Object item ); |
| |
| } |