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    017package org.apache.commons.collections4;
    018
    019/**
    020 * Defines a map that allows bidirectional lookup between key and values
    021 * and retains and provides access to an ordering.
    022 * <p>
    023 * Implementations should allow a value to be looked up from a key and
    024 * a key to be looked up from a value with equal performance.
    025 *
    026 * @param <K> the type of the keys in the map
    027 * @param <V> the type of the values in the map
    028 *
    029 * @since 3.0
    030 */
    031public interface OrderedBidiMap<K, V> extends BidiMap<K, V>, OrderedMap<K, V> {
    032
    033    /**
    034     * Gets a view of this map where the keys and values are reversed.
    035     * <p>
    036     * Changes to one map will be visible in the other and vice versa.
    037     * This enables both directions of the map to be accessed equally.
    038     * <p>
    039     * Implementations should seek to avoid creating a new object every time this
    040     * method is called. See <code>AbstractMap.values()</code> etc. Calling this
    041     * method on the inverse map should return the original.
    042     * <p>
    043     * Implementations must return an <code>OrderedBidiMap</code> instance,
    044     * usually by forwarding to <code>inverseOrderedBidiMap()</code>.
    045     *
    046     * @return an inverted bidirectional map
    047     */
    048    @Override
    049    OrderedBidiMap<V, K> inverseBidiMap();
    050
    051}