What is the dead loop bug in HashMap in earlier versions?

Advertisements I have been reading https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/the-clever-design-of-java-map_597979 for the internal implementation of the HashMap and CHM. There is an interesting line for which I could not find more explanation for : Can someone point me to the bug this refers to? I could only find the bug related to HashMap improvement with RB-Trees, but nothing about… Read More What is the dead loop bug in HashMap in earlier versions?

Convert list of payloads with a property List<String> to HashMap<String, Payload)

Advertisements I’ve a list of payloads and a payload looks like Payload { public int id; public String name; public String foo; public List<String> list; } now I want this to a HashMap where the key is a value of the list property, like payloads = [ {id:45, name:"Alfred", foo:"bar", list:["AAA", "BBB"]}, {id:2, name:"John", foo:"various",… Read More Convert list of payloads with a property List<String> to HashMap<String, Payload)

Hashmap is unable to be added to a collecitons.singletonmap

Advertisements import java.util.*; public class Hash_Map_Demo { public static void main(String[] args) { Map<String, String> toEmails = Collections .singletonMap("key", "Value"); Map<String, String> userEmails = new HashMap<>(); userEmails.put("abc@gmail.com", "abc"); toEmails.putAll(userEmails); } } when i’m trying to run the above code, I’m encountering the following exception Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException at java.util.AbstractMap.put(AbstractMap.java:209) at java.util.AbstractMap.putAll(AbstractMap.java:281) at Hash_Map_Demo.main(Hash_Map_Demo.java:13)… Read More Hashmap is unable to be added to a collecitons.singletonmap

Java HashSet contains method return true when it supposes to be false

Advertisements I define a Triple class with equals and hashcode method. According the docs,HashSet.contains() method of Java HashSet must returns the same value of Objects.equals(). But contains() method of Java HashSet method return true, when it suppose to be false. class Triple{ private List<Integer> triple; public Triple(int one, int two, int three){ this.triple = new… Read More Java HashSet contains method return true when it supposes to be false

Array of hashmaps

Advertisements In python, I’d use a list of dictionaries to collect data (like name, age, height, etc.) of several people that a user enters, but now I want to do the same thing in Java. Is an array of HashMaps the best way to do that? static List<Map<String, Object>> driverList = new ArrayList<>(); >Solution :… Read More Array of hashmaps

Custom function to check whether 2 HashMaps are equal is not working in Java

Advertisements I’m trying to check whether 2 HashMaps are equal using a custom function match. I expect the output to be true, but the program outputs false. Here is the code snippet. import java.util.HashMap; public class HashMapEquals{ private static boolean matches1(HashMap<Character, Integer> one, HashMap<Character, Integer> two){ for(char c: one.keySet()){ if(one.get(c) != two.get(c)) return false; }… Read More Custom function to check whether 2 HashMaps are equal is not working in Java

Most efficient way to create a hash map from a list of objects – with the object field as key?

Advertisements I have the following Java 8 code: final Person[] personEntities = personRepository.getPersons(groupIds); Map<String, List<Person>> personMapByDepartmentId = new HashMap<>(); for (Person person: personEntities ) { // create hashmap:departmentId as the key, and person entities as the value } Person object is a standard POJO with fields Id, Name and departmentId What is the best way… Read More Most efficient way to create a hash map from a list of objects – with the object field as key?