Why are hash maps better than trie maps?

Question

By trie map I mean an associative array, where the payloads are stored in a trie instead of a hash table.

When I\'m using a hash map/table, the keys I use are typica

Answer 1

Just in case you are a Scala programmer, TrieMap is a "concurrent thread-safe lock-free implementation of a hash array mapped trie". There's none in Java standard lib this moment.