Java tutorial
/* Output: {Virginia=Richmond, Massachusetts=Boston, New York=Albany} [Virginia, Massachusetts, New York] [Richmond, Boston, Albany] * */ import java.io.Serializable; import java.util.AbstractMap; import java.util.AbstractSet; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set; public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) { AbstractMap map = new ArrayMap(13); map.put("Virginia", "Richmond"); map.put("Massachusetts", "Boston"); map.put("New York", "Albany"); System.out.println(map); System.out.println(map.keySet()); System.out.println(map.values()); } } class ArrayMap extends AbstractMap implements Cloneable, Serializable { static class Entry implements Map.Entry { protected Object key, value; public Entry(Object key, Object value) { this.key = key; this.value = value; } public Object getKey() { return key; } public Object getValue() { return value; } public Object setValue(Object newValue) { Object oldValue = value; value = newValue; return oldValue; } public boolean equals(Object o) { if (!(o instanceof Map.Entry)) { return false; } Map.Entry e = (Map.Entry) o; return (key == null ? e.getKey() == null : key.equals(e.getKey())) && (value == null ? e.getValue() == null : value.equals(e.getValue())); } public int hashCode() { int keyHash = (key == null ? 0 : key.hashCode()); int valueHash = (value == null ? 0 : value.hashCode()); return keyHash ^ valueHash; } public String toString() { return key + "=" + value; } } private Set entries = null; private ArrayList list; public ArrayMap() { list = new ArrayList(); } public ArrayMap(Map map) { list = new ArrayList(); putAll(map); } public ArrayMap(int initialCapacity) { list = new ArrayList(initialCapacity); } public Set entrySet() { if (entries == null) { entries = new AbstractSet() { public void clear() { list.clear(); } public Iterator iterator() { return list.iterator(); } public int size() { return list.size(); } }; } return entries; } public Object put(Object key, Object value) { int size = list.size(); Entry entry = null; int i; if (key == null) { for (i = 0; i < size; i++) { entry = (Entry) (list.get(i)); if (entry.getKey() == null) { break; } } } else { for (i = 0; i < size; i++) { entry = (Entry) (list.get(i)); if (key.equals(entry.getKey())) { break; } } } Object oldValue = null; if (i < size) { oldValue = entry.getValue(); entry.setValue(value); } else { list.add(new Entry(key, value)); } return oldValue; } public Object clone() { return new ArrayMap(this); } }