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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 );
}
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