Java Class that implements Map and keeps insertion order?

Question

I\'m looking for a class in java that has key-value association, but without using hashes. Here is what I\'m currently doing:

1. Add values to a Hashtable<

Answer 1

Whenever i need to maintain the natural order of things that are known ahead of time, i use a EnumMap

the keys will be enums and you can insert in any order you want but when you iterate it will iterate in the enum order (the natural order).

Also when using EnumMap there should be no collisions which can be more efficient.

I really find that using enumMap makes for clean readable code. Here is an example