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/**
 * Returns the value to which the specified key is mapped,
 * or {@code null} if this map contains no mapping for the key.
 *
 * <p>More formally, if this map contains a mapping from a key
 * {@code k} to a value {@code v} such that {@code (key==null ? k==null :
 * key.equals(k))}, then this method returns {@code v}; otherwise
 * it returns {@code null}.  (There can be at most one such mapping.)
 *
 * <p>If this map permits null values, then a return value of
 * {@code null} 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 {@code null}.  The {@link #containsKey
 * containsKey} operation may be used to distinguish these two cases.
 *
 * @param key the key whose associated value is to be returned
 * @return the value to which the specified key is mapped, or
 *         {@code null} if this map contains no mapping for the key
 * @throws ClassCastException if the key is of an inappropriate type for
 *         this map
 * (<a href="{@docRoot}/java/util/Collection.html#optional-restrictions">optional</a>)
 * @throws NullPointerException if the specified key is null and this map
 *         does not permit null keys
 * (<a href="{@docRoot}/java/util/Collection.html#optional-restrictions">optional</a>)
 */
V get(Object key);

// Source: Java 1.8, Map#get(Object)