asMap

Wraps this ScatterMap with a Map interface. The Map is backed by the ScatterMap, so changes to the ScatterMap are reflected in the Map. If the ScatterMap is modified while an iteration over the Map is in progress, the results of the iteration are undefined.

Note: while this method is useful to use this ScatterMap with APIs accepting Map interfaces, it is less efficient to do so than to use ScatterMap's APIs directly. While the Map implementation returned by this method tries to be as efficient as possible, the semantics of Map may require the allocation of temporary objects for access and iteration.