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17  package org.apache.commons.collections4;
18  
19  import java.util.Collection;
20  import java.util.Map;
21  import java.util.Set;
22  
23  /**
24   * The "read" subset of the {@link Map} interface.
25   *
26   * @param <K> the type of the keys in this map
27   * @param <V> the type of the values in this map
28   * @since 4.0
29   * @see Put
30   */
31  public interface Get<K, V> {
32  
33      /**
34       * Tests for presence of a given key.
35       *
36       * @param key key whose presence in this map is to be tested
37       * @return {@code true} if this map contains a mapping for the specified key
38       * @see Map#containsKey(Object)
39       */
40      boolean containsKey(Object key);
41  
42      /**
43       * Tests for presence of a given value.
44       *
45       * @param value value whose presence in this map is to be tested
46       * @return {@code true} if this map maps one or more keys to the specified value
47       * @see Map#containsValue(Object)
48       */
49      boolean containsValue(Object value);
50  
51      /**
52       * Gets a set view of the mappings contained in this map.
53       *
54       * @return a set view of the mappings contained in this map.
55       * @see Map#entrySet()
56       */
57      Set<Map.Entry<K, V>> entrySet();
58  
59      /**
60       * Gets a value at a given key.
61       *
62       * @param key the key whose associated value is to be returned
63       * @return the value to which the specified key is mapped, or {@code null} if this map contains no mapping for the key
64       * @see Map#get(Object)
65       */
66      V get(Object key);
67  
68      /**
69       * Tests whether this instance contains any key-value mappings.
70       *
71       * @return {@code true} if this map contains no key-value mappings
72       * @see Map#isEmpty()
73       */
74      boolean isEmpty();
75  
76      /**
77       * Gets a view of the keys contained in this map.
78       *
79       * @return a set view of the keys contained in this map
80       * @see Map#keySet()
81       */
82      Set<K> keySet();
83  
84      /**
85       * Remove a key-value mappings.
86       *
87       * @param key key whose mapping is to be removed from the map
88       * @return the previous value associated with {@code key}, or {@code null} if there was no mapping for {@code key}.
89       * @see Map#remove(Object)
90       */
91      V remove(Object key);
92  
93      /**
94       * Gets the number of key-value mappings in this map.
95       *
96       * @return the number of key-value mappings in this map.
97       * @see Map#size()
98       */
99      int size();
100 
101     /**
102      * Gets a a collection view of the values contained in this map.
103      *
104      * @return a collection view of the values contained in this map.
105      * @see Map#values()
106      */
107     Collection<V> values();
108 
109 }