About HashTable in Java
What’s HashMap
HashTable is a data structure used to implement an associative array, a structure that can map keys to values. A hash table uses a hash function to compute an index into an array.
Structure Of HashMap in Java
HashMap class in java has array internally to save objects. The objects are Nodes that have key and value.
Hash Function
HashMap has a Hash Function. This function computes the index from inputted key.
Hash Collision
HashTable has a problem. When it computes the index by hash function, the results value of hash function can be identical. This phenomenon is called as Collision. In java, if collision occurs, the object is linked with a node has same index. Therefore, each node in array has Binary Search Tree.
