SortedMap.firstKey() has the following syntax.
K firstKey()
In the following code shows how to use SortedMap.firstKey() method.
//ww w . ja v a 2 s. c om import java.util.SortedMap; import java.util.TreeMap; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { SortedMap<String, Integer> sortedMap = new TreeMap<String, Integer>(); sortedMap.put("A", 1); sortedMap.put("B", 2); sortedMap.put("C", 3); sortedMap.put("D", 4); sortedMap.put("E", 5); sortedMap.put("java2s", 6); System.out.println(sortedMap.firstKey()); } }
The code above generates the following result.