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How to Use Maps Effectively

How to Use Maps Effectively

The java.util.Map interface is the root interface of the map hierarchy. Interestingly, it doesn’t extend the familiar java.util.Collection interface. It facilitates storage, retrieval, and manipulation of key-value pairs.
The popular implementations of Map are java.util.HashMap andjava.util.TreeMap. The HashMap facilitates easy insertion, deletion, and retrieval of elements. On the other hand, TreeMap is a neat alternative to traverse the keys of a map in a sorted order.

 // MapDemo.javaimport java.util.*;/** Demonstrates the use of popular java.util.Map implementations. */public class MapDemo {  /** The hash map to add data. */  private HashMap hashMap;  /** The tree map to sort data. */  private TreeMap treeMap;  /** Starts the demo. */  public void startDemo() {    // Initialize the hash map    hashMap = new HashMap();    hashMap.put(
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