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    017package org.apache.commons.collections4;
    018
    019import java.util.Map;
    020
    021/**
    022 * The "write" subset of the {@link Map} interface.
    023 * <p>
    024 * NOTE: in the original {@link Map} interface, {@link Map#put(Object, Object)} is known
    025 * to have the same return type as {@link Map#get(Object)}, namely {@code V}. {@link Put}
    026 * makes no assumptions in this regard (there is no association with, nor even knowledge
    027 * of, a "reading" interface) and thus defines {@link #put(Object, Object)} as returning
    028 * {@link Object}.
    029 *
    030 * @param <K> the type of the keys in this map
    031 * @param <V> the type of the values in this map
    032 *
    033 * @since 4.0
    034 * @see Get
    035 */
    036public interface Put<K, V> {
    037
    038    /**
    039     * @see Map#clear()
    040     */
    041    void clear();
    042
    043    /**
    044     * Note that the return type is Object, rather than V as in the Map interface.
    045     * See the class Javadoc for further info.
    046     *
    047     * @param key key with which the specified value is to be associated
    048     * @param value value to be associated with the specified key
    049     * @return the previous value associated with <code>key</code>, or
    050     *         <code>null</code> if there was no mapping for <code>key</code>.
    051     *         (A <code>null</code> return can also indicate that the map
    052     *         previously associated <code>null</code> with <code>key</code>,
    053     *         if the implementation supports <code>null</code> values.)
    054     * @see Map#put(Object, Object)
    055     */
    056    Object put(K key, V value);
    057
    058    /**
    059     * @param t mappings to be stored in this map
    060     * @see Map#putAll(Map)
    061     */
    062    void putAll(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> t);
    063
    064}