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// $Id$


package scala.collection
package generic

import mutable.Builder

/** A template for companion objects of <code>mutable.Map</code> and
 *  subclasses thereof.
 */
abstract class MapFactory[CC[A, B] <: Map[A, B] with MapLike[A, B, CC[A, B]]] {

  type Coll = CC[_, _]

  def newBuilder[A, B]: Builder[(A, B), CC[A, B]]

  def empty[A, B]: CC[A, B]

  def apply[A, B](elems: (A, B)*): CC[A, B] = (newBuilder[A, B] ++= elems).result

  class MapBuilderFactory[A, B] extends BuilderFactory[(A, B), CC[A, B], Coll] {
    def apply(from: Coll) = newBuilder[A, B]
  }
}