The SortedMap interface extends Map. It ensures that the entries are maintained in an ascending key order.
Several methods throw a NoSuchElementException when no items are in the invoking map. A ClassCastException is thrown when an object is incompatible with the elements in a map. A NullPointerException is thrown if an attempt is made to use a null object when null is not allowed in the map.
SortedMap Interface MethodsThe methods declared by SortedMap are summarized in the following table −
Sr.No. Method & Description 1Comparator comparator( )
Returns the invoking sorted map's comparator. If the natural ordering is used for the invoking map, null is returned.
2Object firstKey( )
Returns the first key in the invoking map.
3SortedMap headMap(Object end)
Returns a sorted map for those map entries with keys that are less than end.
4Object lastKey( )
Returns the last key in the invoking map.
5SortedMap subMap(Object start, Object end)
Returns a map containing those entries with keys that are greater than or equal to start and less than end.
6SortedMap tailMap(Object start)
Returns a map containing those entries with keys that are greater than or equal to start.
Hierarchy of SortedMap InterfaceThe following diagram shows the hierarchy of SortedMap Interface in Java -
Operations on SortedMap Interface Creating a SortedMapTreeMap class implements the SortedMap interface. We can use the TreeMap constructor to create a SortedMap instance.
SyntaxFollowing is the syntax to create a sortemap instance:
// Create a sorted map SortedMap<String, Double> map = new TreeMap<>();
Here we're creating a sorted map of String vs Double values. This map will store the keys based on alphanumeric order.
Adding Value to a SortedMapSortedMap provides the put() method, which can be used to add value to a sortedmap instance. Whenever a value is added to the map, the map automatically sorts itself based on the keys entered.
Syntaxpublic V put(K key,V value)
Where the Key-Value pair represents the key and value associated with each other and are stored in the map. If this key is already associated with a value then that value is returned and the new value is associated with the key otherwise a null value is returned.
Example// Put elements to the map map.put("Zara", Double.valueOf(3434.34)); map.put("Mahnaz", Double.valueOf(123.22)); map.put("Ayan", Double.valueOf(1378.00)); map.put("Daisy", Double.valueOf(99.22)); map.put("Qadir", Double.valueOf(-19.08));Getting value from a SortedMap
Using the get(key) method, we can retrieve the value associated with a key.
Syntaxpublic V get(Object key)
If the key is not present in the map, then it will return null otherwise it will return the associated value with the key provided.
ExampleDouble value = map.get("Qadir"); System.out.print("Qadir: " + value);Updating value of a SortedMap
We can update an existing value of a sortedmap by calling the put() method again with the same key. Being a sortedmap, the entries will be sorted again based on the sorting order of the newly entered key(s).
Example// Put elements to the map map.put("Zara", Double.valueOf(3434.34)); map.put("Mahnaz", Double.valueOf(123.22)); map.put("Zara", Double.valueOf(1378.00));
SortedMap will consider the latest put() method call to update the entry with same key.
Deleting a value from a sortedmapUsing remove(key) method, we can remove the key, value associated with a key.
Syntaxpublic V remove(Object key)
If key is not present in the map, then it will return null otherwise it will remove key-value association from the map and sort the map accordingly.
ExampleDouble value = map.remove("Qadir"); System.out.print("Qadir removed with value: " + value);Iterating sortedMap
SortedMap entries can be easily navigated. SortedMap provided a method entrySet() which provides all the entries in form of set.
Syntaxpublic Set<Map.Entry<K,V>> entrySet()
Where Map.Entry contains the key-value pair to be iterated.
Example// Get a set of the entries Set<Map.Entry<String, Double>> set = map.entrySet(); // Get an iterator Iterator<Map.Entry<String, Double>> i = set.iterator(); // Display elements while(i.hasNext()) { Map.Entry<String, Double> me = i.next(); System.out.println(me.getKey()); }Examples of SortedMap Interface Example 1
Following is an example showing how TreeMap can be used to get values of a SortedMap −
import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set; import java.util.SortedMap; import java.util.TreeMap; public class MapDemo { public static void main(String args[]) { // Create a hash map SortedMap<String, Double> map = new TreeMap<>(); // Put elements to the map map.put("Zara", Double.valueOf(3434.34)); map.put("Mahnaz", Double.valueOf(123.22)); map.put("Ayan", Double.valueOf(1378.00)); map.put("Daisy", Double.valueOf(99.22)); map.put("Qadir", Double.valueOf(-19.08)); // Get a set of the entries Set<Map.Entry<String, Double>> set = map.entrySet(); // Get an iterator Iterator<Map.Entry<String, Double>> i = set.iterator(); // Display elements while(i.hasNext()) { Map.Entry<String, Double> me = i.next(); System.out.print(me.getKey() + ": "); System.out.println(me.getValue()); } } }Output
Ayan: 1378.0 Daisy: 99.22 Mahnaz: 123.22 Qadir: -19.08 Zara: 3434.34Example 2
Following is an example showing how TreeMap can be used to set values of a SortedMap −
import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set; import java.util.SortedMap; import java.util.TreeMap; public class MapDemo { public static void main(String args[]) { // Create a hash map SortedMap<String, Double> map = new TreeMap<>(); // Put elements to the map map.put("Zara", Double.valueOf(3434.34)); map.put("Mahnaz", Double.valueOf(123.22)); map.put("Ayan", Double.valueOf(1378.00)); map.put("Daisy", Double.valueOf(99.22)); map.put("Qadir", Double.valueOf(-19.08)); // Get a set of the entries Set<Map.Entry<String, Double>> set = map.entrySet(); // Get an iterator Iterator<Map.Entry<String, Double>> i = set.iterator(); // Display elements while(i.hasNext()) { Map.Entry<String, Double> me = i.next(); me.setValue(me.getValue() * 10); System.out.print(me.getKey() + ": "); System.out.println(me.getValue()); } } }Output
Ayan: 13780.0 Daisy: 992.2 Mahnaz: 1232.2 Qadir: -190.79999999999998 Zara: 34343.4Example 3
Following is an example showing how a TreeMap can be used to get key of a sortedMap entry −
import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set; import java.util.SortedMap; import java.util.TreeMap; public class MapDemo { public static void main(String args[]) { // Create a hash map SortedMap<String, Double> map = new TreeMap<>(); // Put elements to the map map.put("Zara", Double.valueOf(3434.34)); map.put("Mahnaz", Double.valueOf(123.22)); map.put("Ayan", Double.valueOf(1378.00)); map.put("Daisy", Double.valueOf(99.22)); map.put("Qadir", Double.valueOf(-19.08)); // Get a set of the entries Set<Map.Entry<String, Double>> set = map.entrySet(); // Get an iterator Iterator<Map.Entry<String, Double>> i = set.iterator(); // Display elements while(i.hasNext()) { Map.Entry<String, Double> me = i.next(); System.out.println(me.getKey()); } } }Output
Ayan Daisy Mahnaz Qadir ZaraAdvantages of SortedMap Interface
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