Map

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Published Apr 17, 2022Updated Apr 30, 2022
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The Map interface is found in java.util and it allows collections to store items as key-value pairs. It is implemented in the HashMap and TreeMap classes. A Map allows its contents to be accessed as a set of keys, a set of values, or a set of key-value pairs. The data types of the keys and values are set when the Map is declared, and each can be any data type.

Syntax

MapClass<KeyDataType,ValueDataType> myMap = new MapClass<KeyDataType,ValueDataType>

The MapClass is a class that implements the Map interface, and is initialized with two generic types inside angle brackets < ... >. The generic data types for KeyDatatype and ValueDatatype can either be different or the same.

Methods

A Map class will implement the following methods:

  • .clear(): removes all key-value pairs from the Map.
  • .containsKey(key): returns true if key is one of the keys in the Map.
  • .containsValue(value): returns true if value is one of the values in the Map.
  • .get(key): returns the value of the given key from the Map.
  • .put(key,value): adds a key-value pair to the Map.
  • .remove(key): removes the key-value pair associated with key from the Map.
  • .size(): returns an int that represents the number of key-value pairs in the Map.

Map

.containsKey()
Checks if a map contains a specified key.
.containsValue()
Checks if a given value is present in a map.
.putIfAbsent()
Adds the key-value pair to a map only if the key is not already present.
.replaceAll()
Replaces each value in the map with a new value returned by the applied function.

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