Bidirectional map

In computer science, a bidirectional map, or hash bag, is an associative data structure in which the $(key,value)$ pairs form a one-to-one correspondence. Thus the binary relation is functional in each direction: $value$ can also act as a key to $key$. A pair $(a,b)$ thus provides a unique coupling between $a$ and $b$ so that $b$ can be found when $a$ is used as a key and $a$ can be found when $b$ is used as a key.

External links

• Boost.org
• Commons.apache.org
• Cablemodem.fibertel.com.ar (archived version)
• Codeproject.com
• Guava-libraries.googlecode.com
• bidict (bidirectional map implementation for Python)