TreeMap.firstKey() has the following syntax.
public K firstKey()
In the following code shows how to use TreeMap.firstKey() method.
import java.util.TreeMap; //from w w w . j av a2 s .co m public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { TreeMap<Integer, String> treemap = new TreeMap<Integer, String> (); // populating tree map treemap.put(2, "two"); treemap.put(1, "one"); treemap.put(3, "three"); treemap.put(6, "six"); treemap.put(5, "from java2s.com"); System.out.println("Checking first key"); System.out.println("First key is: "+ treemap.firstKey()); } }
The code above generates the following result.