Simple Java Hashtable example
- /*
- Simple Java Hashtable example
- This simple Java Example shows how to use Java Hashtable. It also describes how to
- add something to Hashtable and how to retrieve the value added from Hashtable.
- */
- import java.util.Hashtable;
- public class SimpleHashtableExample {
- public static void main(String[] args) {
- //create object of Hashtable
- Hashtable ht = new Hashtable();
- /*
- Add key value pair to Hashtable using
- Object put(Object key, Object value) method of Java Hashtable class,
- where key and value both are objects
- and can not be null.
- put method returns Object which is either the value previously tied
- to the key or null if no value mapped to the key.
- */
- ht.put("One", new Integer(1));
- ht.put("Two", new Integer(2));
- /*
- Please note that put method accepts Objects. Java Primitive values CAN NOT
- be added directly to Hashtable. It must be converted to corrosponding
- wrapper class first.
- */
- //retrieve value using Object get(Object key) method of Java Hashtable class
- Object obj = ht.get("One");
- System.out.println(obj);
- /*
- Please note that the return type of get method is Object. The value must
- be casted to the original class.
- */
- }
- }
- /*
- Output of the program would be
- 1
- */
