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package scala.collection

import generic._
import mutable.Builder

/** A map whose keys are sorted.
 *
 *  @author Sean McDirmid
 *  @author Martin Odersky
 *  @version 2.8
 *  @since   2.4
 */
trait SortedMap[A, +B] extends Map[A, B] with SortedMapLike[A, B, SortedMap[A, B]] {
  /** Needs to be overridden in subclasses. */
  override def empty: SortedMap[A, B] = SortedMap.empty[A, B]

  override protected[this] def newBuilder: Builder[(A, B), SortedMap[A, B]] = 
    immutable.SortedMap.newBuilder[A, B]
}

/**
 * @since 2.8
 */
object SortedMap extends SortedMapFactory[SortedMap] {
  def empty[A, B](implicit ord: Ordering[A]): immutable.SortedMap[A, B] = immutable.SortedMap.empty[A, B](ord)

  implicit def canBuildFrom[A, B](implicit ord: Ordering[A]): CanBuildFrom[Coll, (A, B), SortedMap[A, B]] = new SortedMapCanBuildFrom[A, B]
}



