How to Browse a HashMap in Java

In this tutorial we will use two methods to traverse a HashMap in Java:

Loop for
Loop while + Iterator

In the example below, we are going through the HashMap hash table using both methods: for and iterator inside the while.

import java.util.HashMap; 
import java.util.Iterator; 
import java.util.Map; 

public class parcoursHashMap {
 
 public static void main(String[] args) {

 HashMap< String,Double> map = new HashMap< String,Double> (); 

 map.put("A",12.0); 
 map.put("B",42.1); 
 map.put("C",5.6); 
 map.put("D",29.7); 
 
 //for
 System.out.println("for:"loop); 
 for (Map.Entry mapentry : map.entrySet()) {
 System.out.println("key: "+mapentry.getKey() 
 + " | value: " + mapentry.getValue()); 
 }

 //while+iterator
 System.out.println("While loop"); 
 Iterator iterator = map.entrySet().iterator(); 
 while (iterator.hasNext()) {
 Map.Entry mapentry = (Map.Entry) iterator.next(); 
 System.out.println("key: "+mapentry.getKey()
 + " | value: " + mapentry.getValue()); 
 } 
 }
}

Runtime:

Loop for:
Key: D | Value: 29.7
Key: A | Denomination: 12.0
Key: B | Denomination: 42.1
Key: C | value: 5.6
Loop while
Key: D | Value: 29.7
Key: A | Denomination: 12.0
Key: B | Denomination: 42.1
Key: C | value: 5.6

In both cases, the key-value data set is retrieved from the object Map.Entry. In the for loop, we used the method entrySet() of the Map class. In the while loop, we retrieved an Iterator object and after getting the key-value set, then we put a cast in Map.Entry to print the keys and values with both methods getKey() and getValue().

References:
HashMap Traverse
Interface Iterator Javadoc