LinkedHashMap Iterator example

In this example we shall show you how to obtain a LinkedHashMap Iterator, that is an iterator over the LinkedHashMap key value pairs. To obtain a LinkedHashMap Iterator 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 entrySet() API method of LinkedHashMap. It returns a Set with the key- value pairs that the linkedHashMap contains.
• Invoke iterator() API method of Set, to obtain the Set iterator.
• Iterate through the linkedHashMap entries, with hasNext() anf next() API methods of Iterator,

as described in the code snippet below.

package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.core;
 
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Set;
 
public class LinkedHashMapIterator {
 
  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");


// Get a set of all the entries (key - value pairs) contained in the LinkesHashMap

Set entrySet = linkedHashMap.entrySet();



// Obtain an Iterator for the entries Set

Iterator it = entrySet.iterator();
    

// Iterate through LinkedHashMap entries

System.out.println("LinkedHashMap entries : ");

while(it.hasNext())

  System.out.println(it.next());
    
  }
}

Output:

LinkedHashMap entries : 
key_1=value_1
key_2=value_2
key_3=value_3

 
This was an example of how to obtain a LinkedHashMap Iterator in Java.