Achim Westermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>Hi list users,

>As a newbie to commons collection I am searching for a MultiMap: A Map with 
>add (another value to 
>key) and set (replace all old values for key) operations that allows mapping 
>multiple values to a 
>single key.
>I just found a map with multiple keys for identical values...  A I blind?

http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/collections/apidocs-COLLECTIONS_3_1/org/apache/commons/collections/MultiMap.html
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/collections/apidocs-COLLECTIONS_3_1/org/apache/commons/collections/MultiHashMap.html

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A MultiMap is a Map with slightly different semantics. Putting a value
into the map will add the value to a Collection at that key. Getting a
value will return a Collection, holding all the values put to that
key.
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        Best regards
                Henning

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