TreeMap.remove(Object key) has the following syntax.
public V remove(Object key)
In the following code shows how to use TreeMap.remove(Object key) method.
import java.util.TreeMap; /*from ww w.java 2s .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("Value before modification: "+ treemap); // removing value at key 5 System.out.println("Removed value: "+treemap.remove(5)); System.out.println("Value after modification: "+ treemap); } }
The code above generates the following result.