Get keys from HashMap in Java

Question

I have a Hashmap in Java like this:

private Map team1 = new HashMap();

Then I fill it like th

Answer 1

As you would like to get argument (United) for which value is given (5) you might also consider using bidirectional map (e.g. provided by Guava: http://docs.guava-libraries.googlecode.com/git/javadoc/com/google/common/collect/BiMap.html).

Answer 2

A solution can be, if you know the key position, convert the keys into an String array and return the value in the position:

public String getKey(int pos, Map map) {
    String[] keys = (String[]) map.keySet().toArray(new String[0]);

    return keys[pos];
}

Answer 3

What I'll do which is very simple but waste memory is to map the values with a key and do the oposite to map the keys with a value making this:

private Map<Object, Object> team1 = new HashMap<Object, Object>();

it's important that you use <Object, Object> so you can map keys:Value and Value:Keys like this

team1.put("United", 5);

team1.put(5, "United");

So if you use team1.get("United") = 5 and team1.get(5) = "United"

But if you use some specific method on one of the objects in the pairs I'll be better if you make another map:

private Map<String, Integer> team1 = new HashMap<String, Integer>();

private Map<Integer, String> team1Keys = new HashMap<Integer, String>();

and then

team1.put("United", 5);

team1Keys.put(5, "United");

and remember, keep it simple ;)

Answer 4

You can retrieve all of the Map's keys using the method keySet(). Now, if what you need is to get a key given its value, that's an entirely different matter and Map won't help you there; you'd need a specialized data structure, like BidiMap (a map that allows bidirectional lookup between key and values) from Apache's Commons Collections - also be aware that several different keys could be mapped to the same value.

Answer 5

To get keys in HashMap, We have keySet() method which is present in java.util.Hashmap package. ex :

Map<String,String> map = new Hashmap<String,String>();
map.put("key1","value1");
map.put("key2","value2");

// Now to get keys we can use keySet() on map object
Set<String> keys = map.keySet();

Now keys will have your all keys available in map. ex: [key1,key2]

Answer 6

Try this simple program:

public class HashMapGetKey {

public static void main(String args[]) {

      // create hash map

       HashMap map = new HashMap();

      // populate hash map

      map.put(1, "one");
      map.put(2, "two");
      map.put(3, "three");
      map.put(4, "four");

      // get keyset value from map

Set keyset=map.keySet();

      // check key set values

      System.out.println("Key set values are: " + keyset);
   }    
}