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## java.util
Class AbstractMap<K,V>

    java.lang.Object
      java.util.AbstractMap<K,V>

Type Parameters:
  `K` - the type of keys maintained by this map
  `V` - the type of mapped values

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Map<K,V>

Direct Known Subclasses:
  ConcurrentHashMap, ConcurrentSkipListMap, EnumMap, HashMap, IdentityHashMap, TreeMap, WeakHashMap

    public abstract class AbstractMap<K,V>

extends Object
implements Map<K,V>

This class provides a skeletal implementation of the `Map` interface, to minimize the effort required to implement this interface.

To implement an unmodifiable map, the programmer needs only to extend this class and provide an implementation for the `entrySet` method, which returns a set-view of the map's mappings. Typically, the returned set will, in turn, be implemented atop `AbstractSet`. This set should not support the `add` or `remove` methods, and its iterator should not support the `remove` method.

To implement a modifiable map, the programmer must additionally override this class's `put` method (which otherwise throws an `UnsupportedOperationException`), and the iterator returned by `entrySet().iterator()` must additionally implement its `remove` method.

The programmer should generally provide a void (no argument) and map constructor, as per the recommendation in the `Map` interface specification.

The documentation for each non-abstract method in this class describes its implementation in detail. Each of these methods may be overridden if the map being implemented admits a more efficient implementation.

This class is a member of the Java Collections Framework.

Since:
  1.2
See Also:
  `Map`, `Collection`

Nested Class Summary
`static class` | `AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<K,V>` An Entry maintaining a key and a value.
`static class` | `AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<K,V>` An Entry maintaining an immutable key and value.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface java.util.Map
`Map.Entry<K,V>`

Constructor Summary
`protected` | `AbstractMap()` Sole constructor.

Method Summary
`void` | `clear()` Removes all of the mappings from this map (optional operation).
`protected Object` | `clone()` Returns a shallow copy of this `AbstractMap` instance: the keys and values themselves are not cloned.
`boolean` | `containsKey(Object key)` Returns `true` if this map contains a mapping for the specified key.
`boolean` | `containsValue(Object value)` Returns `true` if this map maps one or more keys to the specified value.
`abstract Set<Map.Entry<K,V>>` | `entrySet()` Returns a `Set` view of the mappings contained in this map.
`boolean` | `equals(Object o)` Compares the specified object with this map for equality.
`V` | `get(Object key)` Returns the value to which the specified key is mapped, or `null` if this map contains no mapping for the key.
`int` | `hashCode()` Returns the hash code value for this map.
`boolean` | `isEmpty()` Returns `true` if this map contains no key-value mappings.
`Set<K>` | `keySet()` Returns a `Set` view of the keys contained in this map.
`V` | `put(K key, V value)` Associates the specified value with the specified key in this map (optional operation).
`void` | `putAll(Map<? extends K,? extends V> m)` Copies all of the mappings from the specified map to this map (optional operation).
`V` | `remove(Object key)` Removes the mapping for a key from this map if it is present (optional operation).
`int` | `size()` Returns the number of key-value mappings in this map.
`String` | `toString()` Returns a string representation of this map.
`Collection<V>` | `values()` Returns a `Collection` view of the values contained in this map.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### AbstractMap

    protected AbstractMap()

  Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)

Method Detail

### size

    public int size()

  Returns the number of key-value mappings in this map. If the map contains more than `Integer.MAX_VALUE` elements, returns `Integer.MAX_VALUE`.

  This implementation returns `entrySet().size()`.

  Specified by:
    `size` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Returns:
    the number of key-value mappings in this map

### isEmpty

    public boolean isEmpty()

  Returns `true` if this map contains no key-value mappings.

  This implementation returns `size() == 0`.

  Specified by:
    `isEmpty` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Returns:
    `true` if this map contains no key-value mappings

### containsValue

    public boolean containsValue(Object value)

  Returns `true` if this map maps one or more keys to the specified value. More formally, returns `true` if and only if this map contains at least one mapping to a value `v` such that `(value==null ? v==null : value.equals(v))`. This operation will probably require time linear in the map size for most implementations of the `Map` interface.

  This implementation iterates over `entrySet()` searching for an entry with the specified value. If such an entry is found, `true` is returned. If the iteration terminates without finding such an entry, `false` is returned. Note that this implementation requires linear time in the size of the map.

  Specified by:
    `containsValue` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Parameters:
    `value` - value whose presence in this map is to be tested
  Returns:
    `true` if this map maps one or more keys to the specified value
  Throws:
    `ClassCastException` - if the value is of an inappropriate type for this map (optional)
    `NullPointerException` - if the specified value is null and this map does not permit null values (optional)

### containsKey

    public boolean containsKey(Object key)

  Returns `true` if this map contains a mapping for the specified key. More formally, returns `true` if and only if this map contains a mapping for a key `k` such that `(key==null ? k==null : key.equals(k))`. (There can be at most one such mapping.)

  This implementation iterates over `entrySet()` searching for an entry with the specified key. If such an entry is found, `true` is returned. If the iteration terminates without finding such an entry, `false` is returned. Note that this implementation requires linear time in the size of the map; many implementations will override this method.

  Specified by:
    `containsKey` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Parameters:
    `key` - key whose presence in this map is to be tested
  Returns:
    `true` if this map contains a mapping for the specified key
  Throws:
    `ClassCastException` - if the key is of an inappropriate type for this map (optional)
    `NullPointerException` - if the specified key is null and this map does not permit null keys (optional)

### get

    public V get(Object key)

  Returns the value to which the specified key is mapped, or `null` if this map contains no mapping for the key.

  More formally, if this map contains a mapping from a key `k` to a value `v` such that `(key==null ? k==null : key.equals(k))`, then this method returns `v`; otherwise it returns `null`. (There can be at most one such mapping.)

  If this map permits null values, then a return value of `null` does not necessarily indicate that the map contains no mapping for the key; it's also possible that the map explicitly maps the key to `null`. The `containsKey` operation may be used to distinguish these two cases.

  This implementation iterates over `entrySet()` searching for an entry with the specified key. If such an entry is found, the entry's value is returned. If the iteration terminates without finding such an entry, `null` is returned. Note that this implementation requires linear time in the size of the map; many implementations will override this method.

  Specified by:
    `get` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Parameters:
    `key` - the key whose associated value is to be returned
  Returns:
    the value to which the specified key is mapped, or `null` if this map contains no mapping for the key
  Throws:
    `ClassCastException` - if the key is of an inappropriate type for this map (optional)
    `NullPointerException` - if the specified key is null and this map does not permit null keys (optional)

### put

    public V put(K key,
                 V value)

  Associates the specified value with the specified key in this map (optional operation). If the map previously contained a mapping for the key, the old value is replaced by the specified value. (A map `m` is said to contain a mapping for a key `k` if and only if `m.containsKey(k)` would return `true`.)

  This implementation always throws an `UnsupportedOperationException`.

  Specified by:
    `put` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Parameters:
    `key` - key with which the specified value is to be associated
    `value` - value to be associated with the specified key
  Returns:
    the previous value associated with `key`, or `null` if there was no mapping for `key`. (A `null` return can also indicate that the map previously associated `null` with `key`, if the implementation supports `null` values.)
  Throws:
    `UnsupportedOperationException` - if the `put` operation is not supported by this map
    `ClassCastException` - if the class of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map
    `NullPointerException` - if the specified key or value is null and this map does not permit null keys or values
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if some property of the specified key or value prevents it from being stored in this map

### remove

    public V remove(Object key)

  Removes the mapping for a key from this map if it is present (optional operation). More formally, if this map contains a mapping from key `k` to value `v` such that `(key==null ? k==null : key.equals(k))`, that mapping is removed. (The map can contain at most one such mapping.)

  Returns the value to which this map previously associated the key, or `null` if the map contained no mapping for the key.

  If this map permits null values, then a return value of `null` does not necessarily indicate that the map contained no mapping for the key; it's also possible that the map explicitly mapped the key to `null`.

  The map will not contain a mapping for the specified key once the call returns.

  This implementation iterates over `entrySet()` searching for an entry with the specified key. If such an entry is found, its value is obtained with its `getValue` operation, the entry is removed from the collection (and the backing map) with the iterator's `remove` operation, and the saved value is returned. If the iteration terminates without finding such an entry, `null` is returned. Note that this implementation requires linear time in the size of the map; many implementations will override this method.

  Note that this implementation throws an `UnsupportedOperationException` if the `entrySet` iterator does not support the `remove` method and this map contains a mapping for the specified key.

  Specified by:
    `remove` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Parameters:
    `key` - key whose mapping is to be removed from the map
  Returns:
    the previous value associated with `key`, or `null` if there was no mapping for `key`.
  Throws:
    `UnsupportedOperationException` - if the `remove` operation is not supported by this map
    `ClassCastException` - if the key is of an inappropriate type for this map (optional)
    `NullPointerException` - if the specified key is null and this map does not permit null keys (optional)

### putAll

    public void putAll(Map<? extends K,? extends V> m)

  Copies all of the mappings from the specified map to this map (optional operation). The effect of this call is equivalent to that of calling `put(k, v)` on this map once for each mapping from key `k` to value `v` in the specified map. The behavior of this operation is undefined if the specified map is modified while the operation is in progress.

  This implementation iterates over the specified map's `entrySet()` collection, and calls this map's `put` operation once for each entry returned by the iteration.

  Note that this implementation throws an `UnsupportedOperationException` if this map does not support the `put` operation and the specified map is nonempty.

  Specified by:
    `putAll` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Parameters:
    `m` - mappings to be stored in this map
  Throws:
    `UnsupportedOperationException` - if the `putAll` operation is not supported by this map
    `ClassCastException` - if the class of a key or value in the specified map prevents it from being stored in this map
    `NullPointerException` - if the specified map is null, or if this map does not permit null keys or values, and the specified map contains null keys or values
    `IllegalArgumentException` - if some property of a key or value in the specified map prevents it from being stored in this map

### clear

    public void clear()

  Removes all of the mappings from this map (optional operation). The map will be empty after this call returns.

  This implementation calls `entrySet().clear()`.

  Note that this implementation throws an `UnsupportedOperationException` if the `entrySet` does not support the `clear` operation.

  Specified by:
    `clear` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Throws:
    `UnsupportedOperationException` - if the `clear` operation is not supported by this map

### keySet

    public Set<K> keySet()

  Returns a `Set` view of the keys contained in this map. The set is backed by the map, so changes to the map are reflected in the set, and vice-versa. If the map is modified while an iteration over the set is in progress (except through the iterator's own `remove` operation), the results of the iteration are undefined. The set supports element removal, which removes the corresponding mapping from the map, via the `Iterator.remove`, `Set.remove`, `removeAll`, `retainAll`, and `clear` operations. It does not support the `add` or `addAll` operations.

  This implementation returns a set that subclasses `AbstractSet`. The subclass's iterator method returns a "wrapper object" over this map's `entrySet()` iterator. The `size` method delegates to this map's `size` method and the `contains` method delegates to this map's `containsKey` method.

  The set is created the first time this method is called, and returned in response to all subsequent calls. No synchronization is performed, so there is a slight chance that multiple calls to this method will not all return the same set.

  Specified by:
    `keySet` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Returns:
    a set view of the keys contained in this map

### values

    public Collection<V> values()

  Returns a `Collection` view of the values contained in this map. The collection is backed by the map, so changes to the map are reflected in the collection, and vice-versa. If the map is modified while an iteration over the collection is in progress (except through the iterator's own `remove` operation), the results of the iteration are undefined. The collection supports element removal, which removes the corresponding mapping from the map, via the `Iterator.remove`, `Collection.remove`, `removeAll`, `retainAll` and `clear` operations. It does not support the `add` or `addAll` operations.

  This implementation returns a collection that subclasses `AbstractCollection`. The subclass's iterator method returns a "wrapper object" over this map's `entrySet()` iterator. The `size` method delegates to this map's `size` method and the `contains` method delegates to this map's `containsValue` method.

  The collection is created the first time this method is called, and returned in response to all subsequent calls. No synchronization is performed, so there is a slight chance that multiple calls to this method will not all return the same collection.

  Specified by:
    `values` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Returns:
    a collection view of the values contained in this map

### entrySet

    public abstract Set<Map.Entry<K,V>> entrySet()

  Description copied from interface: `Map`
  Returns a `Set` view of the mappings contained in this map. The set is backed by the map, so changes to the map are reflected in the set, and vice-versa. If the map is modified while an iteration over the set is in progress (except through the iterator's own `remove` operation, or through the `setValue` operation on a map entry returned by the iterator) the results of the iteration are undefined. The set supports element removal, which removes the corresponding mapping from the map, via the `Iterator.remove`, `Set.remove`, `removeAll`, `retainAll` and `clear` operations. It does not support the `add` or `addAll` operations.

  Specified by:
    `entrySet` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Returns:
    a set view of the mappings contained in this map

### equals

    public boolean equals(Object o)

  Compares the specified object with this map for equality. Returns `true` if the given object is also a map and the two maps represent the same mappings. More formally, two maps `m1` and `m2` represent the same mappings if `m1.entrySet().equals(m2.entrySet())`. This ensures that the `equals` method works properly across different implementations of the `Map` interface.

  This implementation first checks if the specified object is this map; if so it returns `true`. Then, it checks if the specified object is a map whose size is identical to the size of this map; if not, it returns `false`. If so, it iterates over this map's `entrySet` collection, and checks that the specified map contains each mapping that this map contains. If the specified map fails to contain such a mapping, `false` is returned. If the iteration completes, `true` is returned.

  Specified by:
    `equals` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Overrides:
    `equals` in class `Object`
  Parameters:
    `o` - object to be compared for equality with this map
  Returns:
    `true` if the specified object is equal to this map
  See Also:
    `Object.hashCode()`, `Hashtable`

### hashCode

    public int hashCode()

  Returns the hash code value for this map. The hash code of a map is defined to be the sum of the hash codes of each entry in the map's `entrySet()` view. This ensures that `m1.equals(m2)` implies that `m1.hashCode()==m2.hashCode()` for any two maps `m1` and `m2`, as required by the general contract of `Object.hashCode()`.

  This implementation iterates over `entrySet()`, calling `hashCode()` on each element (entry) in the set, and adding up the results.

  Specified by:
    `hashCode` in interface `Map<K,V>`
  Overrides:
    `hashCode` in class `Object`
  Returns:
    the hash code value for this map
  See Also:
    `Map.Entry.hashCode()`, `Object.equals(Object)`, `Set.equals(Object)`

### toString

    public String toString()

  Returns a string representation of this map. The string representation consists of a list of key-value mappings in the order returned by the map's `entrySet` view's iterator, enclosed in braces (`"{}"`). Adjacent mappings are separated by the characters `", "` (comma and space). Each key-value mapping is rendered as the key followed by an equals sign (`"="`) followed by the associated value. Keys and values are converted to strings as by `String.valueOf(Object)`.

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Object`
  Returns:
    a string representation of this map

### clone

    protected Object clone()
                    throws CloneNotSupportedException

  Returns a shallow copy of this `AbstractMap` instance: the keys and values themselves are not cloned.

  Overrides:
    `clone` in class `Object`
  Returns:
    a shallow copy of this map
  Throws:
    `CloneNotSupportedException` - if the object's class does not support the `Cloneable` interface. Subclasses that override the `clone` method can also throw this exception to indicate that an instance cannot be cloned.
  See Also:
    `Cloneable`

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