In this example we shall show you how to get a Set view of the LinkedHashMap keys. To get a Set view of the LinkedHashMap keys one should perform the following steps:
- Create a new LinkedHashMap.
- Populate the linkedHashMap with elements, with
put(K key, V value)API method of LinkedHashMap. - Invoke
keySet()API method of LinkedHashMap. The method returns a Set view of the keys contained in this map. The set is backed by the map, so changes to the map are reflected in the set, and vice-versa.
Note that it is not permitted to add an element to the resultant key set and an UnsupportedOperationException will be thrown in case we try to,
as described in the code snippet below.
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.core;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Set;
public class KeySetLinkedHashMap {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Create a LinkedHashMap and populate it with elements
LinkedHashMap linkedHashMap = new LinkedHashMap();
linkedHashMap.put("key_1","value_1");
linkedHashMap.put("key_2","value_2");
linkedHashMap.put("key_3","value_3");
/*
Set keySet() operation returns a Set containing all keys in LinkedHashMap.
The key set is backed by the LinkedHashMap thus elements removed from the
key set will also be removed from the originating LinkedHashMap.
Nevertheless it is not permitted to add an element to the resultant key set and
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException exception will be thrown in case we try to.
*/
Set keySet = linkedHashMap.keySet();
System.out.println("keySet contains : " + keySet);
keySet.remove("key_2");
System.out.println("after removing key_2 from keySet, keySet contains : " + keySet + " linkedHashMap contains : " + linkedHashMap);
}
}
Output:
keySet contains : [key_1, key_2, key_3]
after removing key_2 from keySet, keySet contains : [key_1, key_3] linkedHashMap contains : {key_1=value_1, key_3=value_3}
This was an example of how to get a Set view of the LinkedHashMap keys in Java.
