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package javax.script;

import java.util.Map;

/**

 * A mapping of key/value pairs, all of whose keys are

 * <code>Strings</code>.

 *

 * @author Mike Grogan

 * @since 1.6

 */

public interface Bindings extends Map<String, Object> {

    /**

     * Set a named value.

     *

     * @param name The name associated with the value.

     * @param value The value associated with the name.

     *

     * @return The value previously associated with the given name.

     * Returns null if no value was previously associated with the name.

     *

     * @throws NullPointerException if the name is null.

     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the name is empty String.

     */

    public Object put(String name, Object value);

    /**

     * Adds all the mappings in a given <code>Map</code> to this <code>Bindings</code>.

     * @param toMerge The <code>Map</code> to merge with this one.

     *

     * @throws NullPointerException

     *         if toMerge map is null or if some key in the map is null.

     * @throws IllegalArgumentException

     *         if some key in the map is an empty String.

     */

    public void putAll(Map<? extends String, ? extends Object> toMerge);

    /**

     * Returns <tt>true</tt> if this map contains a mapping for the specified

     * key.  More formally, returns <tt>true</tt> if and only if

     * this map contains a mapping for a key <tt>k</tt> such that

     * <tt>(key==null ? k==null : key.equals(k))</tt>.  (There can be

     * at most one such mapping.)

     *

     * @param key key whose presence in this map is to be tested.

     * @return <tt>true</tt> if this map contains a mapping for the specified

     *         key.

     *

     * @throws NullPointerException if key is null

     * @throws ClassCastException if key is not String

     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if key is empty String

     */

    public boolean containsKey(Object key);

    /**

     * Returns the value to which this map maps the specified key.  Returns

     * <tt>null</tt> if the map contains no mapping for this key.  A return

     * value of <tt>null</tt> does not <i>necessarily</i> indicate that the

     * map contains no mapping for the key; it's also possible that the map

     * explicitly maps the key to <tt>null</tt>.  The <tt>containsKey</tt>

     * operation may be used to distinguish these two cases.

     *

     * <p>More formally, if this map contains a mapping from a key

     * <tt>k</tt> to a value <tt>v</tt> such that <tt>(key==null ? k==null :

     * key.equals(k))</tt>, then this method returns <tt>v</tt>; otherwise

     * it returns <tt>null</tt>.  (There can be at most one such mapping.)

     *

     * @param key key whose associated value is to be returned.

     * @return the value to which this map maps the specified key, or

     *         <tt>null</tt> if the map contains no mapping for this key.

     *

     * @throws NullPointerException if key is null

     * @throws ClassCastException if key is not String

     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if key is empty String

     */

    public Object get(Object key);

    /**

     * Removes the mapping for this key from this map if it is present

     * (optional operation).   More formally, if this map contains a mapping

     * from key <tt>k</tt> to value <tt>v</tt> such that

     * <code>(key==null ?  k==null : key.equals(k))</code>, that mapping

     * is removed.  (The map can contain at most one such mapping.)

     *

     * <p>Returns the value to which the map previously associated the key, or

     * <tt>null</tt> if the map contained no mapping for this key.  (A

     * <tt>null</tt> return can also indicate that the map previously

     * associated <tt>null</tt> with the specified key if the implementation

     * supports <tt>null</tt> values.)  The map will not contain a mapping for

     * the specified  key once the call returns.

     *

     * @param key key whose mapping is to be removed from the map.

     * @return previous value associated with specified key, or <tt>null</tt>

     *         if there was no mapping for key.

     *

     * @throws NullPointerException if key is null

     * @throws ClassCastException if key is not String

     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if key is empty String

     */

    public Object remove(Object key);

}