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CLASS::TwoWayIdentityDictionary
summary::associative collection mapping keys to values and back
related::Classes/IdentityDictionary
categories::Collections>Unordered
DESCRIPTION::
Similar to link::Classes/IdentityDictionary::, but allows to go efficiently from element to key and back. The contents of a TwoWayIdentityDictionary are strong::unordered::. You must not depend on the order of items.
INSTANCEMETHODS::
private::init
method::getID
Find the key for a given object. If object is not element of the dictionary, it returns nil.
EXAMPLES::
code::
a = TwoWayIdentityDictionary.new;
a.put(\test, 999);
a.put(["some", "strings"], 1200);
a.at(\test);
a.getID(999);
a.getID(1200);
a.getID(888); // nil
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