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What kind of Objects can a Hashtable hold?
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Ivaturi Srinivas
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Joined: Jun 03, 2003
Posts: 42
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We know that Hashtable holds objects. Can it hold all types of objects? ot Is there any reservation on this?
Thanks
Srinivas Ivaturi
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Sahul Yasin
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Joined: Aug 28, 2002
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from jdk doc .
Any non-null object can be used as a key or as a value of an Hashtable.
Regards,
Yasin.
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Regards,<br />Yasin<br />SCJP,SCWCD,SCBCD
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Jose Botella
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Joined: Jul 03, 2001
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Welcome to the Ranch Yasin.
Hastable API says:
To successfully store and retrieve objects from a hashtable, the objects used as keys must implement the hashCode method and the equals method.
The Map interface adds:
Note: great care must be exercised if mutable objects are used as map keys. The behavior of a map is not specified if the value of an object is changed in a manner that affects equals comparisons while the object is a key in the map. A special case of this prohibition is that it is not permissible for a map to contain itself as a key. While it is permissible for a map to contain itself as a value, extreme caution is advised: the equals and hashCode methods are no longer well defined on a such a map.
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