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package org.apache.commons.collections;
/**
* Defines a map that allows bidirectional lookup between key and values
* and retains and provides access to an ordering.
* <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: 646777 $ $Date: 2008-04-10 13:33:15 +0100 (Thu, 10 Apr 2008) $
*
* @author Stephen Colebourne
*/
public interface OrderedBidiMap extends BidiMap, OrderedMap {
/**
* 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 equally.
* <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.
* <p>
* Implementations must return an <code>OrderedBidiMap</code> instance,
* usually by forwarding to <code>inverseOrderedBidiMap()</code>.
*
* @return an inverted bidirectional map
*/
public BidiMap inverseBidiMap();
/**
* 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 equally.
* <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 OrderedBidiMap inverseOrderedBidiMap();
}