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Multithreading Hashtable
Synchronization
I/O A Hashtable is an array of list.Each list is known as a bucket.The position of bucket is identified by
calling the hashcode() method.A Hashtable contains values based on the key. It implements the Map
Serialization
interface and extends Dictionary class.
Networking
It contains only unique elements.
AWT It may have not have any null key or value.
Event Handling It is synchronized.
Swing
LayoutManager
Example of Hashtable:
Applet
Reflection API
Collection 1. import java.util.*;

Collection Framework 2. class Simple{

ArrayList class 3. public static void main(String args[]){

LinkedList class 4.
ListIterator interface 5. Hashtable hm=new Hashtable();
HashSet class 6.
LinkedHashSet class 7. hm.put(100,"Amit");
TreeSet class 8. hm.put(102,"Ravi");
PriorityQueue class 9. hm.put(101,"Vijay");
ArrayDeque class 10. hm.put(103,"Rahul");
Map interface 11.
HashMap class 12. Set set=hm.entrySet();
LinkedHashMap class 13. Iterator itr=set.iterator();
TreeMap class
14.
Hashtable class
15. while(itr.hasNext()){
Sorting
16. Map.Entry m=(Map.Entry)itr.next();
Comparable interface
17. System.out.println(m.getKey()+" "+m.getValue());
Comparator interface
18. }
Properties class
19. }
Vector class
20. }
JDBC
Java New Features
Output:103 Rahul
RMI
102 Ravi
Internationalization 101 Vijay
100 Amit

What is difference between HashMap and Hashtable?

1) HashMap is not synchronized. Hashtable is synchronized.

2) HashMap can contain one null key and multiple null Hashtable cannot contain any null key nor
values. value.

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