Limiting the max size of a HashMap in Java

Question

I want to limit the maximum size of a HashMap to take metrics on a variety of hashing algorithms that I\'m implementing. I looked at the loadfactor in one of

Answer 1

Sometimes simpler is better.

public class InstrumentedHashMap implements Map {

    private Map map;

    public InstrumentedHashMap() {
        map = new HashMap();
    }

    public boolean put(K key, V value) {
        if (map.size() >= MAX && !map.containsKey(key)) {
             return false;
        } else {
             map.put(key, value);
             return true;
        }
    }

    ...
}