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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2007 Google Inc.
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package com.google.common.collect;
     18 
     19 import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
     20 
     21 import java.util.Map;
     22 
     23 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
     24 
     25 /**
     26  * A map, each entry of which maps a Java
     27  * <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2cmwkz">raw type</a> to an instance of that type.
     28  * In addition to implementing {@code Map}, the additional type-safe operations
     29  * {@link #putInstance} and {@link #getInstance} are available.
     30  *
     31  * <p>Like any other {@code Map<Class, Object>}, this map may contain entries
     32  * for primitive types, and a primitive type and its corresponding wrapper type
     33  * may map to different values.
     34  *
     35  * @param <B> the common supertype that all entries must share; often this is
     36  *     simply {@link Object}
     37  *
     38  * @author Kevin Bourrillion
     39  * @since 2010.01.04 <b>stable</b> (imported from Google Collections Library)
     40  */
     41 @GwtCompatible
     42 public interface ClassToInstanceMap<B> extends Map<Class<? extends B>, B> {
     43   /**
     44    * Returns the value the specified class is mapped to, or {@code null} if no
     45    * entry for this class is present. This will only return a value that was
     46    * bound to this specific class, not a value that may have been bound to a
     47    * subtype.
     48    */
     49   <T extends B> T getInstance(Class<T> type);
     50 
     51   /**
     52    * Maps the specified class to the specified value. Does <i>not</i> associate
     53    * this value with any of the class's supertypes.
     54    *
     55    * @return the value previously associated with this class (possibly {@code
     56    *     null}), or {@code null} if there was no previous entry.
     57    */
     58   <T extends B> T putInstance(Class<T> type, @Nullable T value);
     59 }
     60