Java Hashmap: How to get key from value?

Question

If I have the value \"foo\", and a HashMap ftw for which ftw.containsValue(\"foo\") returns true, how can I

Answer 1

My 2 cents. You can get the keys in an array and then loop through the array. This will affect performance of this code block if the map is pretty big , where in you are getting the keys in an array first which might consume some time and then you are looping. Otherwise for smaller maps it should be ok.

String[] keys =  yourMap.keySet().toArray(new String[0]);

for(int i = 0 ; i < keys.length ; i++){
    //This is your key    
    String key = keys[i];

    //This is your value
    yourMap.get(key)            
}